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To kick off the series »Not Dead But Dreaming: Focus on Contemporary Arabic Literature«, the novelist and screenwriter, who has been nominated several times for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, will present his latest novel for the first time in Berlin. In it, Khalifa weaves a hundred years of Syrian history and culture into a text about the fate of several families. It is a portrait of a people in the throes of great change: from village life to the modernity of the city, where Christians, Muslims, and Jews live and work together.
Moderation: Larissa Bender
Speaker: Roland Schäfer
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Zum Auftakt der Reihe »Not Dead But Dreaming: Fokus Arabische Gegenwartsliteratur« stellt der mehrfach für den International Prize for Arabic Fiction nominierte Roman- und Drehbuchautor seinen jüngsten Roman erstmals in Berlin vor. Khalifa verwebt darin hundert Jahre syrischer Geschichte und Kultur in einen Text über das Schicksal mehrerer Familien. Es ist das Porträt eines Volkes in den Wirren großer Veränderungen: vom dörflichen Leben zur Moderne der Stadt, wo Christen, Muslime und Juden zusammenleben und arbeiten.
Moderation: Larissa Bender
Sprecher: Roland Schäfer
Purchase the book via: kulturkaufhaus.de/de/detail/ISBN-9783498002046/Khalifa-Khaled/Keiner-betete-an-ihren-Gr%C3%A4bern?wt_mc=koop.ma_product.yt.ilb2022.
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To kick off the series »Not Dead But Dreaming: Focus on Contemporary Arabic Literature«, the novelist and screenwriter, who has been nominated several times for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, will present his latest novel for the first time in Berlin. In it, Khalifa weaves a hundred years of Syrian history and culture into a text about the fate of several families. It is a portrait of a people in the throes of great change: from village life to the modernity of the city, where Christians, Muslims, and Jews live and work together.
Moderation: Larissa Bender
Speaker: Roland Schäfer
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Zum Auftakt der Reihe »Not Dead But Dreaming: Fokus Arabische Gegenwartsliteratur« stellt der mehrfach für den International Prize for Arabic Fiction nominierte Roman- und Drehbuchautor seinen jüngsten Roman erstmals in Berlin vor. Khalifa verwebt darin hundert Jahre syrischer Geschichte und Kultur in einen Text über das Schicksal mehrerer Familien. Es ist das Porträt eines Volkes in den Wirren großer Veränderungen: vom dörflichen Leben zur Moderne der Stadt, wo Christen, Muslime und Juden zusammenleben und arbeiten.
Moderation: Larissa Bender
Sprecher: Roland Schäfer
Purchase the book via: kulturkaufhaus.de/de/detail/ISBN-9783498002046/Khalifa-Khaled/Keiner-betete-an-ihren-Gr%C3%A4bern?wt_mc=koop.ma_product.yt.ilb2022.
STAY TUNED
Website: literaturfestival.com
Instagram: instagram.com/ilb_festival
Facebook: facebook.com/internationalesliteraturfestivalberlin
Twitter: twitter.com/ilb_festival
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/internationales-literaturfestival-berlin
Newsletter: civicrm.literaturfestival.com/newsletteranmeldung
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