24th ilb
5 – 14 Sep 2024 Program
9 – 18 Sep 2024 Young Program

Herkunft: Syria

Mohamad Alaaedin Abdul Moula

born in 1965 in Homs, Syria, writes about politics, religion, and the dignity of the human body in the face of taboos in his homeland. Over the last three decades, he has published thirteen collections of poetry, six volumes of literary criticism, and an anthology of Syrian poetry. In cooperation

Marwa Younes Almokbel

born in 1991 in Syria, graduated in fine arts, and taught at the University of Damascus. Exhibitions of her work were held in 2014 and 2015 in Damascus. She has lived in Berlin since 2016. She has participated in workshops at the Hamburger Bahnhof and Kunsthochschule Weißensee, and has recently

Luna Ali

born in Syria in 1993, completed her B.A. in cultural sciences and aesthetic practices in Hildesheim and currently studies at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig. She has been a curator at the Fuchsbau Festival since 2012. She participated in the Treffen junger Autoren forum at the 2012 Berliner

Khaled Khalifa

Khaled Khalifa was born in Syria in 1964. He studied law in his hometown of Aleppo and was the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal »Alif«, a critical platform for experimental writing. In the early 1980s he was a member of the Literary Forum at Aleppo University, a group

Kheder Alagha

born in 1963 in Salamiyah, Hama, is a Syrian poet, literary critic, journalist, and author of numerous academic works on Syrian language and literature. Until 2011, he was head editor of cultural journalism for »Jousur« and »Shurufat« and wrote for several international media outlets. The anthology »Innenansichten aus Syrien« (tr.

Kenan Khadaj

born in 1990 in Syria, studied economics there, but was forced to abandon his studies due to the political situation. He fled to Europe in 2014, and has lived in Berlin since 2015. The journalist and short story author has published journalistic texts and was involved in aid projects in

Khaled Barakeh

born in 1976 in Damascus, is a Berlin-based artist and cultural activist whose work revolves around power structures in the context of politics, culture, and identity. As part of his artistic practice, he founded the non-profit organization CoCulture, which addresses the challenges faced by displaced cultural producers. For the project

Inam Bioud

Inam Bioud was born in Damascus in 1953, the daughter of a Syrian mother and an Algerian father. In 1966 the family moved to Algiers, where Inam attended the Egyptian high school and had her first poems published in the Algerian press. She went on to study architecture and art

Hala Mohammad

Hala Mohammad was born in the Syrian port city of Latakia. She was raised in a liberal home, studied film at the Université Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint-Denis and later worked as a costume designer, script-writer and director’s assistant for Abdellatif Abdul-Hamid. In 1994, Hala Mohammad turned to poetry as well. She

Hamid Sulaiman

The painter and illustrator Hamid Sulaiman was born in Damascus in 1986. He began studying architecture and art at the University of Damascus in 2005 and graduated in 2010, after which he worked as a graphic designer in Syria. After the outbreak of the civil war in 2011, he was

Guevara Namer

is a Kurdish-Syrian photographer and documentary filmmaker. She studied photography and Dramatic Critics & Studies in Damascus. Her film »Morning Fears, Night Chants« (2012) was premiered at the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam and was broadcasted by Alarabiya and ARTE. She worked as a production manager for Syrian documentaries and now

Fuad Rifka

Fuad Rifka was born in Syria in 1930 and moved to Lebanon with his Christian parents in the 1940s.  He studied Philosophy in Beirut and obtained a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Tübingen in 1965 with a dissertation on the aesthetics of Martin Heidegger.  Since 1966 he has