With US President Donald Trump's recent travel ban for holders of passports from Iran and six other Muslim-majority countries, the timing of the Goethe-Institut's event couldn't have been more apt. However, political awkwardness has not just arisen between Iran and the US lately, but also between Iran and Germany. [...]
Several events during the three-month program look at Iranian writers and their approach to their work. Authors like Nahid Tabatabai, Belgheis Soleimani and Nasim Marashi will contemplate the issue of remaining loyal to their cultural roots while writing as part of the Diaspora.
Another writer featured during the talks is Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, whose works are forbidden in Iran. Still, he is considered one of the most prominent representatives of contemporary Iranian literature. Authors Shahriar Mandanipur, who lives in the US, and Amir Hassan Cheheltan, who lives in Iran, are scheduled to discuss Iranian literature created both within the country and abroad.
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