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Ex-Syrian Prisoners Reunite With Music as Their Balm
Journalist Hannah El-Hitami on a SYRASP Workshop
‘Woman, Life, Freedom’: Decoding the Political Poetics of a Woman-led Revolutionary Movement
Fatemeh Shams investigates the origins and the evolution of revolutionary slogans. Read at our TRAFO Blog →
New audio recording published: »The Soviet Union as ‘Future’: The Socialist Imaginary of Lebanese Leftists, 1920-1948« – Talk by Sana Tannoury-Karam
The audio recording of Sana Tannoury-Karam’s (Lebanese American University / EUME Fellow 2020-23) talk “The Soviet …
Book Launch & Discussion: »Russian-Arab Worlds: From Intrepid Individuals to Transregional History«
Fri, 30 June 2023, 3:00 pm | with Khalil Alrez, Alexandra Chreiteh, Roy Bar Sadeh, Masha Kirasirova, Margaret Litvin, …
New audio recording published: »Unfortunately, it wasn't Paradise: On Mahmoud Darwish’s Sung Poems« – Talk by Diana Abbani
The audio recording of Diana Abbani’s (EUME Fellow 2020-23) talk “Unfortunately, it wasn't Paradise: On Mahmoud …
New audio recording published: »Independent Civic Activism and the Egyptian Revolution: A Gramscian Perspective« – Talk by Gennaro Gervasio
The audio recording of Gennaro Gervasio’s (Università Roma Tre / EUME Fellow 2022/23) talk “Independent Civic Activism …
Fatemeh Shams wins Chapbook Competition by Poetry International
“Berlin”, a translated collection of poetry by Fatemeh Shams (EUME Fellow 2021-23), has won Poetry International’s …
Thinking Dignity. The Politics of Dignity in the Aftermath of the NAWA Revolutions
Workshop & Berliner Seminar, 6-7 June 2023 | Organized by the ERC DREAM project in partnership with EUME and the Centre …
New audio recording published:“16th Century Safed, Zionism and Palestine” – Talk by Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin
The audio recording of Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin’s (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev / EUME) talk “16th Century Safed, …
Sindibād in Trap: A Youthful Revolutionary of Hope and Resilience
Sanabel Abdelrahman about the trope of “Sindibād” in contemporary Arabic trap music on our TRAFO Blog
New audio recording published:“Turkish Literature as World Literature” – Talk by Burcu Alkan
The audio recording of Burcu Alkan's (EUME Fellow 2021-23) talk “Turkish Literature as World Literature” is now …
Reclaiming Spaces from the Streets to the Gutter: Sketching Feminisms in Contemporary Arab Graphic Narratives
By Rasha Chatta on our TRAFO Blog
The Modern Arabic Bible: Translation, Dissemination and Literary Impact
Interview with Rana Issa about her new book. Conducted by Georges Khalil
EUME Berliner Seminar Summer Term 2023
In the Summer Term 2023, the Berliner Seminar will be continued under the theme »Disruptions II«.
New audio recording published: “Coptic-Muslim Hermeneutics: A Conversation between Matta El-Meskeen and Nasr Abu Zeid” – Talk by Fouad Halbouni
The audio recording of Fouad Halbouni’s (EUME Fellow 2021-23) talk “Coptic-Muslim Hermeneutics: A Conversation between …
New audio recording published: “The Circle of (Dis)Obedience: Governance in Zeytun (1858-1895)” – Talk by Toygun Altıntas
The audio recording of Toygun Altıntaş’ talk “The Circle of (Dis)Obedience: Governance in Zeytun (1858-1895)” is now …
Conference »Cultures of Scandal«
Berlin, 26-27 January, 2023. Curated by Tarek El-Ariss (Dartmouth College / EUME Fellow 2012/13) and Rasha Salti, …
Silence and Radical Rethinking in Syrian Theatre of the Long 1980s
By Friederike Pannewick in our TRAFO Blog series »The Literary 1980s in the Middle East and the Maghreb«
New recording out: »“Have we not yet been defeated?”—On Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s Writings from Egypt’s Revolution and Prison«
Alia Mossallam (EUME Fellow 2017-2023) in conversation with Yassin al-Haj Saleh (Writer / 2019 EUME Fellow) at the EUME …
A New Iran Has Been Born – A Global Iran
Interview with Asef Bayat, professor of sociology and Middle East studies (University of Illinois Urbana-Champain) on …
