In a series of short readings, authors and musicians present texts, poems, and songs at four different locations within the Documentation Centre. Between intervals, audience members are invited to move freely between spaces and presentations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a star of the Belarusian underground music scene, Sveta Ben performs in various formats at renowned clubs. In 2020, she narrowly escaped imprisonment in Belarus. Together with Sergey Novitsky, she performs as WTBSK. About her current situation, she says: \u00abForced emigration is a terrible experience. It is full of guilt \u2013 not conscious, not logical, but deeply present\u00bb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do human rights activists describe the country they were forced to leave? South Sudanese writer Stella Gaitano tells, in the form of a novel, the story of the lives and survival of two women in Sudan. Afghan poet Mariam Meetra writes poems about Kabul, \u00abthe saddest city in the world\u00bb. Both read selected passages from their most recent works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Asl\u0131 Erdo\u011fan wrote it in Turkish in 2005, her book was originally to be called \u00abThe Silence of Life\u00bb. In \u00abHayat\u0131n Sessizli\u011finde\u00bb, the author takes the reader on a poetic journey into the inner world of a nameless protagonist who becomes entangled in political, feminist, and cultural conflict, and is consequently forced to leave her beloved Istanbul behind. Erdo\u011fan reads excerpts from the work with the support of actress Mariann Yar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bahad\u00een Akhan, Ali Alzaeem, and Razia Karimi were forced to flee their homes in North Kurdistan, Syria, and Afghanistan. In verse, they express their feelings and stories about the experience of living in a foreign country while their thoughts remain at home. They take turns presenting their poetry in their respective mother tongues, while actress Selin D\u00f6rtkarde\u015f <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The poets are part of The Poetry Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event will be held in various languages with translation into German or English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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