On November 11th at 7:30 p.m., our author Faribā Vafī will give a reading from her latest collection of short stories An den Regen in the daadgalerie, followed by a conversation with the literary scholar Maryam Aras to discuss her understanding of literature. Faribā Vafī was born in 1962 in Tabriz, the capital of the province of East Azerbaijan in north-west Iran. She currently lives in Tehran and is one of Iran's most popular contemporary authors. Iranian critics place her among the top 10 modern writers in the country. She was with the…

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Unfortunately, this event has to be CANCELED due to the current development of the corona pandemic! Together with the bremer shakespeare company and in cooperation with the Globale and the Bremen Council for Integration, we present the reading of Gerrit Wustmann, who wrote his latest novel World Literature - Why we need a new understanding of literature on November 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Falstaff theater pub introduces. Madjid Mohit will be the moderator. Entry costs €10. "Where world literature is written on it, Western literature is inside." It doesn't matter whether it's reviews in the arts pages…

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Diese Veranstaltung muss aufgrund der aktuellen Entwicklung der Corona-Pandemie leider ABGESAGT werden! Im Rahmen des offiziellen "Bundesweiten Vorlesetag" wird Jabbar Abdullah am 17.11.21 um 19:30 Uhr im FRÖBEL Kindergarten Pfiffikus aus seinem Buch Raqqa am Rhein lesen und in einer anschließenden Diskussionsrunde einige Fragen beantworten. Jabbar Abdullah ist Archäologe, Autor und Kurator aus Syrien. Bereits Ende 2012, mit 24 Jahren musste er aus Raqqa nach Alexandria (Ägypten) fliehen. Dort studierte er im Master und kam 2014 nach Köln, wo er seitdem lebt. Zusätzlich…

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On November 19th and 20th, 2021, a bilingual German-Turkish event will take place in the Altona town hall as part of the Literature and Theater Days in Hamburg, in cooperation with InterKulturelle DenkFabrik e.V. and the MUT! Theater Hamburg and funded by the State Center for Political Education Hamburg. Through these readings, the current and classic books of Turkish and Kurdish literature are made known in Germany. This year the event is dedicated to Sabahattin All, who has been called the grand master of Turkish prose. During the second day of the event, on 20…

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Diese Veranstaltung muss aufgrund der aktuellen Entwicklung der Corona-Pandemie leider ABGESAGT werden! Am 03. Dezember 2021 um 19:00 Uhr lädt die Hauptbücherei Wien zur Lesung "Dem Wort die Freiheit XXXIV - Eine Bilinguale Lesung in Deutsch und Persisch: Der Duft jenes Flusses" ein, bei der neben Amir Shaheen noch vier weitere Dichter*innen ihre Texte in Form von Lyrik und Prosa präsentieren. Sie stammen aus unterschiedlichen Kulturen und Geographien und transportieren unterschiedliche Sprachbilder und Gedankenwelten. Sie zeigen in ihren Werken eine poetische Auseinandersetzung mit…

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On December 7th at 7:30 p.m. there will be an online reading via Zoom in cooperation with Litprom e.V. The subsequent discussion with the author will be moderated by Gerrit Wustmann and interpreted by Jutta Himmelreich. Faribā Vafī was born in 1962 in Tabriz, the capital of the province of East Azerbaijan in north-west Iran. She currently lives in Tehran and is one of Iran's most popular contemporary authors. Iranian critics place them among the top…

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On December 13, 2021 at 7:30 p.m., Gerrit Wustmann will read from his knowledgeable essay Weltliteratur how one-sided our view of so-called world literature is promotes a new understanding of literature in conversation with Maryam Aras. The event will take place in the Literaturhaus Köln. Gerrit Wustmann, born in Cologne in 1982, is a freelance writer and journalist. He has published ten books to date and his poetry has been translated into numerous languages…

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Unfortunately, this event has to be CANCELED due to the current development of the corona pandemic! On December 15, 2021 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. there will be an Arabic-German picture book cinema with our book I would love to be a cement mixer. The event is organized as part of the Arabic Language Week in the Bremen City Library and is a great event, especially for families with children aged 4 and over. Noise, Boing, Shower... That's what it sounds like when a small demolition excavator goes in search of happiness. In the…

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Am 15. Dezember 2021 um 18:30 Uhr wird Kurt Scharf im Auditorium der James-Simon-Galerie am Pergamon-Museum aus der deutschen Übersetzung von Forough Farrochsāds Lyrikband Jene Tage lesen. Die Veranstaltung findet im Rahmen der Sonderausstellung "Iran - Kunst und Kultur aus Fünf Jahrtausenden" statt und wird vom Feunde des Museums für Islamische Kunst im Pergamonmuseum e.V. organisiert. Für musikalische Begleitung sorgt das Cymin Samawatie Trio. Kurt Scharf wurde 1940 geboren und war Stellvertretender Leiter des Goethe-Instituts in Teheran sowie der Leiter des Goethe-Instituts in…

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