The Middle Ages were not only a time of religious fervour, intolerance, and violence but also a time when people were thirsty for knowledge and adventure, a time of economic and cultural exchange…
The Middle Ages were not only a time of religious fervour, intolerance, and violence but also a time when people were thirsty for knowledge and adventure, a time of economic and cultural exchange…
Danny Ramadan ist ein syrisch-kanadischer Autor und LGBTQ+ Aktivist, der sich seit seiner Jugend in Damaskus für die queere Community einsetzt. Im Interview spricht er darüber, was es heißt, als schwuler Mann in Syrien aufzuwachsen, über seinen neuen Roman und seinen unaufhaltbaren Aktivismus.
Dima Wannous' short story collection "Details", which was published in English several years ago, has recently been published in German translation. It centres on people from different layers of society who are united by a single fate: life in a dictatorial regime that has reached the end of the line but from which there still seems to be no escape. By Volker Kaminski