{"id":94126,"date":"2025-06-27T10:34:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T10:34:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:34:46","slug":"kamel-daoud-houris-huris","status":"publish","type":"events-archive","link":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/","title":{"rendered":"KAMEL DAOUD: Houris &#8211; Huris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our heroine is called Fajr and Aube \u2013 she uses two names and two languages. One for the outside world and one reserved for herself and her unwanted, unborn child, whom she calls Houri \u2013 Houri like the virgins in paradise. Aube has been mute since her throat was cut at the age of five. She therefore only tells her story to Houri. In an intense inner monologue, Daoud\u2019s novel explores the unresolved trauma and silence surrounding the Algerian civil war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Kamel Daoud<br>Moderated and consecutive translation by Tilla Fuchs<br>Read by Meike R\u00f6tzer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event will be held in French with consecutive translation into German.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Houris <\/em>was translated from French into German by Holger Fock and Sabine M\u00fcller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","tags":[],"jct-program-properties":[],"jct-ilb-years":[906],"jct-program-categories":[796],"class_list":["post-94126","events-archive","type-events-archive","status-publish","hentry","jct-ilb-years-2024-en","jct-program-categories-evening-program"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KAMEL DAOUD: Houris - Huris &#8211; international literature festival berlin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KAMEL DAOUD: Houris - Huris &#8211; international literature festival berlin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our heroine is called Fajr and Aube \u2013 she uses two names and two languages. One for the outside world and one reserved for herself and her unwanted, unborn child, whom she calls Houri \u2013 Houri like the virgins in paradise. Aube has been mute since her throat was cut at the age of five. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"international literature festival berlin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalesliteraturfestivalberlin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ilb_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"Report\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/events-archive\\\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/events-archive\\\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maximilian Neumann\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6fcf62a4f1ae0f41989bfd91be447cd5\"},\"headline\":\"KAMEL DAOUD: Houris &#8211; Huris\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-27T08:34:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/events-archive\\\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":124,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/events-archive\\\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/events-archive\\\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\\\/\",\"name\":\"KAMEL DAOUD: Houris - Huris &#8211; international literature festival berlin\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-27T08:34:46+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/events-archive\\\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/events-archive\\\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/events-archive\\\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Programm Archiv\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/events-archive\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"KAMEL DAOUD: Houris &#8211; Huris\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"international literature festival berlin\",\"description\":\"Jetzt Tickets sichern 03\u201312 Sep 2026 Programm 06\u201316 Sep 2026 Junges Programm\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"internationales literaturfestival berlin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/ilblogo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/ilblogo.svg\",\"width\":227,\"height\":80,\"caption\":\"internationales literaturfestival berlin\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/internationalesliteraturfestivalberlin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ilb_\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ilb_literaturfestival\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/festivalberlin\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6fcf62a4f1ae0f41989bfd91be447cd5\",\"name\":\"Maximilian Neumann\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/be0ae38b0455f9c8b56c2706b9ae6e10c4bfa7a93cc3daad1faf8f30f74f7d58?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/be0ae38b0455f9c8b56c2706b9ae6e10c4bfa7a93cc3daad1faf8f30f74f7d58?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/be0ae38b0455f9c8b56c2706b9ae6e10c4bfa7a93cc3daad1faf8f30f74f7d58?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Maximilian Neumann\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"KAMEL DAOUD: Houris - Huris &#8211; international literature festival berlin","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"KAMEL DAOUD: Houris - Huris &#8211; international literature festival berlin","og_description":"Our heroine is called Fajr and Aube \u2013 she uses two names and two languages. One for the outside world and one reserved for herself and her unwanted, unborn child, whom she calls Houri \u2013 Houri like the virgins in paradise. Aube has been mute since her throat was cut at the age of five. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/","og_site_name":"international literature festival berlin","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalesliteraturfestivalberlin","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@ilb_","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","Report"],"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/"},"author":{"name":"Maximilian Neumann","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6fcf62a4f1ae0f41989bfd91be447cd5"},"headline":"KAMEL DAOUD: Houris &#8211; Huris","datePublished":"2025-06-27T08:34:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/"},"wordCount":124,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/","url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/","name":"KAMEL DAOUD: Houris - Huris &#8211; international literature festival berlin","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-27T08:34:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/kamel-daoud-houris-huris\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Programm Archiv","item":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"KAMEL DAOUD: Houris &#8211; Huris"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/","name":"international literature festival berlin","description":"Jetzt Tickets sichern 03\u201312 Sep 2026 Programm 06\u201316 Sep 2026 Junges Programm","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#organization","name":"internationales literaturfestival berlin","url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ilblogo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ilblogo.svg","width":227,"height":80,"caption":"internationales literaturfestival berlin"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalesliteraturfestivalberlin","https:\/\/x.com\/ilb_","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ilb_literaturfestival\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/festivalberlin"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6fcf62a4f1ae0f41989bfd91be447cd5","name":"Maximilian Neumann","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be0ae38b0455f9c8b56c2706b9ae6e10c4bfa7a93cc3daad1faf8f30f74f7d58?s=96&d=retro&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be0ae38b0455f9c8b56c2706b9ae6e10c4bfa7a93cc3daad1faf8f30f74f7d58?s=96&d=retro&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be0ae38b0455f9c8b56c2706b9ae6e10c4bfa7a93cc3daad1faf8f30f74f7d58?s=96&d=retro&r=g","caption":"Maximilian Neumann"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events-archive\/94126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events-archive"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events-archive"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events-archive\/94126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94126"},{"taxonomy":"jct-program-properties","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jct-program-properties?post=94126"},{"taxonomy":"jct-ilb-years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jct-ilb-years?post=94126"},{"taxonomy":"jct-program-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jct-program-categories?post=94126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}