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Life in Iran: Faribā Vafī & Arash Alborz

Literature House Cologne Grosser Griechenmarkt 39, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

On February 2nd, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. there will be an event with Fariba Vafi in the Literaturhaus Köln. Gerrit Wustmann will be the moderator. Here is an excerpt from the article: In her collection of stories An den Regen (Sujet Verlag), the Iranian bestselling author Faribā Vafī uses poetic language and a precise perspective to reflect the intimate everyday experiences of women who try to go their own way independent of social restrictions. She talks to Gerrit Wustmann about the tensions between tradition and progressiveness. Jutta Himmelreich translates the conversation. Arash Alborz poses…

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8€ – 12€

Fariba Vafi : "To the Rain" bilingual reading Farsi/German

SLUB Dresden Cellescher Weg 18, Dresden, Saxony

On Monday, February 6, there will be a bilingual reading of Faribā Vafī's An den Regen in Farsi/German at SLUB Dresden, followed by an audience discussion. Lotfali Semino, Chairman of the Iranian Cultural Association in Dresden, will moderate and then translate the audience discussion with the author. With her first novel Parande-ye-man (2002, Ger. Kellervogel, 2013) she created a novelty in modern Iranian authorship: balancing between a language-aesthetically reduced narrative of a housewife and mother who fights for a self-determined life, she negotiates social taboos such as estranged mother-child relationships, unfulfilled marriages…

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Lesung | "Mahtab" by Nassir Djafari

Bookshop Sieglin In front of the Steintor 162, Bremen, Bremen

Am 15. Februar 2023 um 19 Uhr wird eine Lesung mit Nassir Djafari in der Buchhandlung Sieglin, in der Moderation von Monika Dietrich-Lüders, stattfinden, wo der Roman "Mahtab" zum ersten mal in Bremen präsentiert wird. Über das Buch „Mahtab“: Die späten 1960er Jahre in Frankfurt sind politisch und gesellschaftlich turbulente Zeiten, in denen alte Gewissheiten ins Wanken geraten. Erst recht für Mahtab, die ein Jahrzehnt zuvor mit Mann und drei Kindern aus Iran eingewandert ist. Lange Zeit stimmt alles in ihrem…

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Book premiere “Stolpersteine ​​in Bremen – Search for Biographical Traces. Volume 7: Hemelingen / Osterholz” by Peter Christoffersen and Barbara Johr in the Hospital Museum

Hospital Museum Zuricher Strasse 40, Bremen

Wir freuen uns auf die Buchpremieren vom Band 7 "Hemelingen / Osterholz" der Publikationsreihe "Stolpersteine in Bremen – Biografische Spurensuche" von Peter Christoffersen und Barbara Johr. Die Veranstaltung findet am Donnerstag, 23.2.2023 um 18.00 Uhr im Krankenhaus Museum, Züricher Straße 40, statt. Im Rahmen einer musikalischen Lesung werden Auszüge aus dem Band von Rainer Iwersen vorgetragen; die musikalische Begleitung übernimmt Dieter Weische. Der Band enthält neben den biografischen Abrissen Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadtteile: Spuren der NS-Zeit, Jüdischer Friedhof Hastedt, Ostjuden in Sebaldsbrück,…

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Culture raises its voice

Weser Terraces town hall Osterdeich 70b, Bremen

* Music * Theater * Poetry * Film * Art * Performance for global climate justice On February 24, 2023 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. the event Culture raises its voice by climArt and the Bürgerhaus Weserterrassen will take place. Artists from all disciplines present their contributions on the topics of climate, colonialism and war and express their diverse thoughts, feelings, hopes and wishes. Two of our authors are there! Inge Buck and Gunther Gerlach will read their poems in the first part of the event.

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Book premiere “Stolpersteine ​​in Bremen – Search for Biographical Traces. Band 7: Hemelingen / Osterholz” by Peter Christoffersen and Barbara Johr in the parish hall “Die Brücke” of the Ev. reconciliation church

Gemeindehaus "Die Brücke" der Ev. Versöhnungsgemeinde Sebaldsbruecker Heerstr. 52, Bremen

Wir freuen uns auf die Buchpremieren vom Band 7 "Hemelingen / Osterholz" der Publikationsreihe "Stolpersteine in Bremen – Biografische Spurensuche" von Peter Christoffersen und Barbara Johr. Die Veranstaltung findet am Dienstag, 28.2.2023 um 19.00 Uhr im Gemeindehaus "Die Brücke" der Ev. Versöhnungsgemeinde, Sebaldsbrücker Heerstr. 52, statt. Im Rahmen einer musikalischen Lesung werden Auszüge aus dem Band von Rainer Iwersen vorgetragen; die musikalische Begleitung übernimmt Dieter Weische. Der Band enthält neben den biografischen Abrissen Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadtteile: Spuren der NS-Zeit, Jüdischer Friedhof…

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Bilingual reading tour through Swiss libraries with Fariba Vafi 2023

In mid-March 2023, Interbiblio is organizing a bilingual reading tour through Swiss (member) libraries with Fariba Vafi. The books “Tarlan”, “The Dream of Tibet” and “To the Rain”, which have been published by our publishing house, will be read at the individual readings. Here is an excerpt from the article: «Unsettled, Unbound: Women in search of independence in contemporary Iranian literature» Interbiblio celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2023 and organizes a bilingual reading tour of Swiss (member) libraries in March 2023 with the Iranian author who has won several international awards…

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Reading of the anthology "The World is a September Day" by Inge Buck and Madjid Mohit with music

park hotel Bürgerpark 1, Bremen

Wir freuen uns auf die Lesung der Anthologie "Die Welt ist ein Septembertag" von Inge Buck und Madjid Mohit. Cornelius Kopf-Finke wird zum Mitlesen eingeladen und Otto Maier wird die Veranstaltung mit schöner Musik begleiten. Einlass: ab 15 Uhr Start: 16 Uhr Ticketpreis: 20 € Anmeldungen über Bankett.bremen@hommage-hotels.com Über das Buch: In "Die Welt ist ein Septembertag" werden alle Gedichte in Text und Schrift zweisprachig vorgestellt. In Gesprächen über Bilder, Worte und Geschichten wurden die Gedichte im poetischen…

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Atash, Atash. The heart jumps into the fire. Poetry reading on the occasion of the Persian New Year festival

Cohn barn Am Kirchhof 1, Rotenburg

On the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, the publisher Madjid Mohit from the Bremer Sujet Verlag and the poet and translator Schirin Nowrousian, Stapel, will be guests with contemporary poems: German-Persian language sound art. – Khosh amadid! You are very welcome! The current situation in Iran will also be discussed that evening. Time: Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 7 p.m. Location: Cohn Barn - Jewish Museum and Cultural Workshop, Am Kirchhof 1, Rotenburg/Wümme Admission: €5.00/3.00 for club members, schoolchildren free Madjid Mohit, 1990 as a political refugee from Tehran…

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Catch-up event “Reading with Widad Nabi and Dinçer Güçyeter”

Villa Ichon Goetheplatz 4, Bremen

The reading with Widad Nabi and Dinçer Güçyeter, which was canceled on September 30th, 2022, is coming back! Jens Laloire will be present as moderator and the volume of poetry “Invisible Fractures” and the volume of poetry “My Prince, I am the Ghetto” will be presented at the reading. "Invisible Fractures" is about unfathomable love, looking back on the past, searching for home. She gives an openly feminist insight into her identity as a woman and mother. She processes it in the usual personal and approachable way…

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