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The deserted villages of the soul : Yavuz Ekinci's new novel

Armenian genocide denial is a great and enduring lie by the Turkish state, characterised by ongoing violence and racism. Yavuz Ekinci takes up the subject in an unsparing and powerful novel: "Das ferne Dorf meiner Kindheit" – 'the distant village of my childhood'. Gerrit Wustmann read the book

Turkey , Armenia , Germany , Istanbul , Armenian , Turkish , Armenians , German , Yavuz-ekinzi , Mount-amar , Gerrit-wustmann , Gerhard-meier

Selahattin Demirtas' "Cold Front": Political prose from prison

Selahattin Demirtas, former co-chair of the Turkish opposition party HDP, has been in prison since 2016. He has published five books during this time. The short story collection "Cold Front" is the second to be published in German. Gerrit Wustmann reviews the book for Qantara.de

Turkey , Germany , Dundar , Bursa , Adana , Istanbul , Turkish , German , Gerjard-meier , Gerrit-wustmann , Albert-camus , Ahmet-altan

Selahattin Demirtas' "Cold Front": Political prose from prison

Selahattin Demirtas, former co-chair of the Turkish opposition party HDP, has been in prison since 2016. He has published five books during this time. The short story collection "Cold Front" is the second to be published in German. Gerrit Wustmann reviews the book for Qantara.de

Dundar , Bursa , Turkey , Adana , Germany , Istanbul , German , Turkish , Gerrit-wustmann , Albert-camus , Dogan-akhanli , Ahmet-altan

Women's voices: Iranian literature in times of uprising

Young women are driving forward the protests against the Iranian regime, which have been going on for months. Literature provides clues as to why that should be, and why the current situation was unavoidable. By Gerrit Wustmann

Iran , Germany , Canada , Tarlan , Markazi , Iranian , Gerrit-wustmann , Mojgan-ataollahi , Mahsa-amini , Fariba-vafi , Susanne-baghestani , Ava-farmehri

Women's voices: Iranian literature in times of uprising

Young women are driving forward the protests against the Iranian regime, which have been going on for months. Literature provides clues as to why that should be, and why the current situation was unavoidable. By Gerrit Wustmann

Iran , Germany , Canada , Tarlan , Markazi , Iranian , Gerrit-wustmann , Mojgan-ataollahi , Mahsa-amini , Fariba-vafi , Susanne-baghestani , Ava-farmehri

Hussein Mohammadi's novella "Scheherazade's heirs" : Keep writing! Literature from Afghanistan

The "Weiter Schreiben" (Keep Writing) project promotes literature from war-torn and crisis-stricken regions and has, most recently, shone its spotlight on Afghanistan. Afghan author Hussein Mohammadi's debut novella is an outstanding work that crosses frontiers. Gerrit Wustmann read the book

Germany , Afghanistan , Kabul , Kabol , Iran , Switzerland , Iranian , Afghan , German , Swiss , Gerrit-wustmann , Annika-reich

Our German fairytale: Reality, crueller than fiction

Award-winning poet Dincer Gucyeter’s debut novel is a tour de force through the German reality he experienced as an artist and son of Turkish immigrants, written with an unsparing eye and literary ambition. Gerrit Wustmann read the book

Germany , Solingen , Nordrhein-westfalen , Hamburg , Istanbul , Turkey , Molln , Schleswig-holstein , Gorki , Nizhegorodskaya-oblast- , Russia , Fatih

Book review: Amir Hassan Cheheltan's "Der Zirkel der Literaturliebhaber": A literary cocoon

For decades, lovers of literature would gather at the house of writer Amir Hassan Cheheltan's family to debate classical Persian works – until politics forced its way into the readers' cocoon. By Gerrit Wustmann

Germany , Iraq , Iran , Tehran , Iranian , German , Gerrit-wustmann , Mohammad-khatami , Susani-samarghandi , Hassan-cheheltan , Jutta-himmelreich , Amir-hassan-cheheltan

Attar's "The Conference of the Birds": There is no person whose soul has not suffered

Fariduddin Attar’s "The Conference of the Birds", one of the seminal works of Islamic mysticism, has recently been published in sumptuously illustrated German translation. It makes an excellent introduction to the Persian poet. By Gerrit Wustmann

Germany , Afghanistan , Konya , Turkey , Nishapur , Khorasane-ra-avi , Iran , Berlin , Turks , Iranian , German , Iranians

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The online portal Qantara.de wants to promote dialogue with the Islamic world. It is operated by the German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

Iran , Tehran , Gerrit-wustmann , David-rubinowicz , Mahmoud-hosseini-zad ,