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Jan Dost on writing in Arabic and Kurdish: "Like being caught between two magnets" | Qantara.de

3 weeks ago | qantara.de | Marcia Lynx Qualey |Volker Kaminski

Jan Dost on writing in Arabic and Kurdish · 01.04.2025 "Safe Corridor" is Jan Dost's first novel translated into English. The prolific Syrian writer explores the hardening impact of war on children and discusses the key differences between writing in Kurdish and Arabic. https://qantara.de/en/node/44337 Print Kamiran, the thirteen-year-old boy who narrates Jan Dost's novel "Safe Corridor"swings between acting like a grown man and a helpless child.
The search for Syria's missing: Where is Ahmed? | Andrea Backhaus | Qantara.de

Jan 23, 2025 | qantara.de | Andrea Backhaus |René Wildangel |Volker Kaminski

The search for Syria's missing · 23.01.2025 Since the fall of Assad, thousands of Syrians who have been searching for disappeared relatives have been left feeling abandoned by the new rulers. Meanwhile, the process of collecting evidence of the regime's crimes remains unsystematic. https://qantara.de/en/node/44276 Print When the dictator was gone, Samar Abd al-Majid felt hopeful. Perhaps, she thought, she could finally find Ahmed.
Mahmoud Muna, editor of "Daybreak in Gaza": "A book about hope, anger and anguish" | Qantara.de

Dec 10, 2024 | qantara.de | Anna-Theresa Bachmann |Volker Kaminski |Fakhri Saleh |Jennifer Holleis

Mahmoud Muna, editor of "Daybreak in Gaza" · 10.12.2024 Mahmoud Muna is the owner of the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem and one of the editors of “Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Cultures”. The book collects testimonies and stories from over a hundred Gazans, documenting their lives before and during Israel’s ongoing war on the enclave.
Short stories by Moussa Abadi: Multi-religious life in the Jewish Quarter of Damascus | Qantara.de

Sep 3, 2024 | qantara.de | Gerrit Wustmann |Marcia Lynx Qualey |Volker Kaminski

Short stories by Moussa Abadi · 03.09.2024 Syrian author Moussa Abadi depicts peaceful coexistence in the Jewish Quarter of 1920s Damascus in ‘The Queen and the Calligrapher’. The characters may be quirky and the stories bizarre, but they show us that the Damascus of yesterday could be a model for our own time.
Nassir Djafari's "Der Großcousin": Nassir Djafari's third novel "Der Großcousin" tells a story of flight and exile

Jun 17, 2024 | qantara.de | Gerrit Wustmann |Volker Kaminski

Nassir Djafari's "Der Großcousin" · 17.06.2024 A man who has lost touch with his Iranian roots meets a distant relative fleeing to Germany at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015.
"We haven't lived in dignity for a long time"

Apr 15, 2024 | qantara.de | Roman Deckert |Volker Kaminski |Anna-Theresa Bachmann

A year of war in Sudan · 15.04.2024 In her debut novel "A Mouth Full of Salt", Sudanese author and physician Reem Gaafar tells the intertwined stories of three women who are confronted with injustice.
Sherko Fatah's Great Wish: In his new novel, award-winning author Sherko Fatah tells the story of a father whose daughter meets a supporter of IS and follows him to the Syrian war zone | Qantara.de

Apr 8, 2024 | qantara.de | Volker Kaminski |Gerrit Wustmann

Sherko Fatah's Great Wish · 08.04.2024 In his new novel "Der große Wunsch", award-winning author Sherko Fatah tells the story of a father whose daughter meets a supporter of IS and follows him to the Syrian war zone https://qantara.de/en/node/43645 Print The novel begins abruptly in the border zone between Turkey and Syria.
Middle East: Is there a solution to the endless conflict?: Switzerland a model for the future of the Middle East?

Mar 27, 2024 | qantara.de | Karim Gawhary |Mohammed Magdy |Volker Kaminski |Daniel Bax

Middle East: Is there a solution to the endless conflict? · 27.03.2024 Who invented it? The Swiss. Why it might be worth looking to the Swiss Confederation in the search for a solution to the Middle East conflict https://qantara.de/en/node/43702 Print Many people associate the horrific attack by the radical Islamic organisation Hamas on 7 October and Israel's harsh retaliation in Gaza with the October War of 1973.
"I am shocked and grieving, yet hopeful"

Feb 22, 2024 | qantara.de | Hannah El-Hitami |Joseph Croitoru |Volker Kaminski |Andrea Backhaus

Israeli author Zeruya Shalev · 22.02.2024 "Dancing, standing still" is the name of the first novel written by Israeli author Zeruya Shalev – now published for the first time in German as "Nicht ich". In it, a child is kidnapped and taken across the border. There is also talk of a tunnel. A conversation about disturbing topicality and the question of where all this is leading us https://qantara.de/en/node/43533 Print Your first novel came about by chance.
Fikra culture magazine: Fikra magazine showcases Palestinian literature and art

Dec 19, 2023 | qantara.de | Hannah El-Hitami |Volker Kaminski |Jennifer Holleis |Marcia Lynx Qualey

Fikra culture magazine · 19.12.2023 Fikra culture magazine publishes literature and art by Palestinians from all over the world. The editors hope it will serve as a platform for the dispersed community to debate and dream – and defend itself against censorship from all sides https://qantara.de/en/node/43111 Print Palestinians are used to being talked about.

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Volker Kaminski

Articles

Jan Dost on writing in Arabic and Kurdish: "Like being caught between two magnets" | Qantara.de

The search for Syria's missing: Where is Ahmed? | Andrea Backhaus | Qantara.de

Mahmoud Muna, editor of "Daybreak in Gaza": "A book about hope, anger and anguish" | Qantara.de

Short stories by Moussa Abadi: Multi-religious life in the Jewish Quarter of Damascus | Qantara.de

Nassir Djafari's "Der Großcousin": Nassir Djafari's third novel "Der Großcousin" tells a story of flight and exile

"We haven't lived in dignity for a long time"

Sherko Fatah's Great Wish: In his new novel, award-winning author Sherko Fatah tells the story of a father whose daughter meets a supporter of IS and follows him to the Syrian war zone | Qantara.de

Middle East: Is there a solution to the endless conflict?: Switzerland a model for the future of the Middle East?

"I am shocked and grieving, yet hopeful"

Fikra culture magazine: Fikra magazine showcases Palestinian literature and art

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