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A pernicious form of political censorship is developing in German cultural circles and the media, involving the persecution of progressive artists and critics of the establishment on the basis of false accusations of anti-Semitism.
Ronya Othmann's novel "Die Sommer" (The Summers) tells the story of Leyla – the daughter of a German and a Yazidi Kurd – who visits her grandparents' Yazidi village in northern Syria every summer until the village ceases to exist. Schayan Riaz spoke to the author
"I will continue to take a critical stance against those... who use the liberal structure and tolerance of the constitution to impose totalitarian views of the state and who undermine the rules of the rule of law, using anti-Western indoctrination.... I
Ronya Othmann über den Genozid und Femizid des IS an den Ezîden Ihre Suche in FAZ.NET Von Ronya Othmann Opfer des vorrückenden „Islamischen Staates“: Jesiden auf der Flucht aus ihrer nordirakischen Heimatregion Richtung syrische Grenze im Sommer 2014 Bild: Reuters Am 3. August 2014 fallen IS-Kämpfer im Siedlungsgebiet der Ezîden im Irak ein. Sie töten die Männer, vergewaltigen die Frauen systematisch. Warum ist dieser Genozid, der ein Femizid war, nicht fest im öffentlichen B...
Fighting the obliteration of Kurdish-Yazidi identity Ronya Othmann's novel "Die Sommer" (The Summers) tells the story of Leyla – the daughter of a German and a Yazidi Kurd – who visits her grandparents' Yazidi village in northern Syria every summer until the village ceases to exist. Schayan Riaz spoke to the author Ms Othmann, in your debut novel, the main protagonist, Leyla, is the daughter of a German woman and a Yazidi Kurdish man – just like you. Leyla recalls the summers she spent as a child in her grandparents' Yazidi village in Syria. Are these your memories too? Ronya Othmann: N...