Voices for Democracy: Those Who Don’t Fight Have Already Lost

Panel

Politics in Exile

The writers Aslı Erdoğan, Stella Gaitano, and Mariam Meetra were all forced to leave their home countries for political reasons. Since then, they have continued their writing and activism in exile. In conversation, they describe their experiences and speak about the struggles they face to be heard. What drives them to remain committed to their convictions far from home? What role does writing play? And in what ways do the political structures of their host country shape how they think, feel, and act?

With Aslı Erdoğan, Stella Gaitano and Mariam Meetra
Moderated by Shila Behjat
Interpreted by Lilian Astrid Geese and Silvia Schreiber

The event will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation into German.

A collaboration with the Körber-Stiftung and the Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung. With support by Weiter Schreiben, a project of the non-profit organisation WIR MACHEN DAS. 

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