How to Tell a Sophisticated (Hi)Story – Contemporary Arabic Literature

Two authors breathe life into history: Reem Bassiouney’s »Al Halwani…Thulathiyat al-Fatimiyeen« [tr: Al-Halwani: The Fatimid Trilogy] uses poetry, mythology and even sweet treats to navigate two centuries of Egyptian history, reimagining the lives of important figures of the Fatimid era [10th-11th c.]. Haji Jabir’s »Rimbaud al-habashi« [tr: The Abyssinian Rimbaud] is set in the 19th century at the Horn of Africa, where a complicated love story develops between French poet Arthur Rimbaud and young Harari Almaz. In cooperation with the Sheikh Zayed Book Award.

With a literary translation of excerpts from Haji Jabir’s »Rimbaud al-habashi« by Mustafa Al-Slaiman, prepared exclusively for the festival.

With Reem Bassiouney, Haji Jabir

Hosted by Lara Sielmann.

Read by Komi Togbonou.

The event will be held in Arabic with simultaneous German translation.

»Al-Halwani: The Fatimid Trilogy« (Al Halwani…Thulathiyat al-Fatimiyeen) was translated from Arabic to English by Roger Allen.

Tickets

We sell our tickets via the Berliner Festspiele website.

More events at this location