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Why do some Kurdish writers write in Arabic? Is this Kurdish or Arabic literature in this case? Or Arabic literature with a Kurdish spirit? Why did some Kurdish writers decide to write in Kurdish after they had written in Arabic? This is what some Kurdish writers answer us.
The 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse (18-22 October 2023) has once again demonstrated its unique position as the most important meeting place for the international book and media industry: with 105,000 trade visitors (compared to 93,000 in 2022) from 130 countries and 110,000 members of the general public (compared to 87,000 in 2022), Frankfurter Buchmesse succeeded in growing markedly once again after 2020 and 2021, the two years affected by the pandemic.
BANIPAL magazine publishes contemporary Arab authors from all over the world in English translation. Based in London, the magazine is entering its tenth year of publication. A portrait by Volker Kaminski
The news portal Qantara aims to promote dialogue with the Islamic world. It is run by German's international broadcaster Deutsche Welle.
Finding somewhere to live, pursuing asylum claims and other bureaucratic procedures distract refugee writers from their creative vocation and their self-esteem suffers. In the eyes of everyone else, they are mere refugees, the mastery of their own language a relic from an ever-receding past. How can authors adapt to their new countries? Must they remain prisoners to writing