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  • Iranian author Nassir Djafari
    Nassir Djafari's "Der Großcousin"

    On the run

    A man who has lost touch with his Iranian roots meets a distant relative fleeing to Germany at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015. "Der Großcousin", Nassir Djafari's third novel, makes for a thrilling and topical read

  • Young women have been defying the Iranian regime's crackdown
    Iranian protest literature

    Ehtesham-Zadeh and the inner revolution

    "Zan", Suzi Ehtesham-Zadeh's short story collection, tells of Iranian women during the uprising in Iran, and of women in exile grappling in diverse ways with their identity and roots. A book about women, life and freedom that has arrived at exactly the right moment

  • Dancing dervishes from the Mevlana Order
    750th anniversary of Rumi's death – Part 6

    Academic research and spiritual exploration

    No Islamic mystic in the past two centuries has touched literary figures and academics in both East and West as much as Rumi. A look at the history of research into this hugely influential spiritual teacher

  • A girl waits on the threshold of the mausoleum of Sheikh Ahmad e-Jam in the north-east Iranian city of Torbat e-Jam
    750th anniversary of Rumi's death – Part 5

    Iranians seek refuge in Rumi

    For centuries, Rumi’s verses have been part of Persia’s spiritual heritage. In these uncertain times, Iranians are increasingly turning to the Sufi poet

  • 750th anniversary of Rumi’s death – Part 1

    Seeking the essence of life

    Seven-and-a-half centuries after the death of Muslim mystic poet Rumi, his verse has lost nothing of its profundity and transformative power. By Marian Brehmer

  • Hussein Mohammadi's novella "Scheherazade's heirs"

    Keep writing! Literature from Afghanistan

    The "Weiter Schreiben" (Keep Writing) project promotes literature from war-torn and crisis-stricken regions and has, most recently, shone its spotlight on Afghanistan. Afghan author Hussein Mohammadi's debut novella is an outstanding work that crosses frontiers. Gerrit Wustmann read the book

  • Sufis today are under attack from fundamentalists and modernists alike. At the same time, a new form of Sufism is emerging in the West.
    The future of Islamic mysticism

    Is Sufism under threat?

    Sufis today are under attack from fundamentalists and modernists alike. At the same time, a new form of Sufism is emerging in the West. By Marian Brehmer

  • What does literature have to do with the Iran protests? It is a seismograph of societal developments. Reading books written by Iranian women authors over recent decades, you can plainly see the upheavals and eruptions growing larger and more forceful; you can see how much has been bottled up over time. It was very clear that at some point, all this would spark a revolution.
    Women's voices

    Iranian literature in times of uprising

    Young women are driving forward the protests against the Iranian regime, which have been going on for months. Literature provides clues as to why that should be, and why the current situation was unavoidable. By Gerrit Wustmann

  • Iranian literature in exile

    "A great demand for Persian books"

    Cologne-based publisher Anahita Redisiu sells Persian books that have been banned or censored in Iran. She regards the situation in Iran with concern and has harsh words for Germany's stance towards the Iranian regime. Gerrit Wustmann spoke to her about politics and literature

  • Still from "The Voice of Dust and Ash" showing Mohammad Reza Shajarian, voice of the Iranian people.
    Iran's Mohammad Reza Shajarian

    Force of nature and symbol of freedom

    "The Voice of Dust and Ash" draws us into the life and times of Iranian maestro Mohammad Reza Shajarian with passion and joy, focusing on the man who stood, and still stands, for a nation. By Richard Marcus

  • What makes Rumi's verses so captivating, far beyond Sufi circles? Do we even understand him correctly, or are we in the West only scratching the surface?
    New release to mark 750th anniversary of Rumi's death

    Complete edition of the "Masnavi" in German

    For the first time ever, a complete edition of Rumi's "Masnavi" has been published in German in verse. At the Sufi Festival in Hamburg in late November, Marian Brehmer met translator Otto Hoeschle and spoke to him about the significance of this masterpiece of Islamic mysticism

  • Sufi shrine to Mustafa Devati in Istanbul.
    God's love for all

    Sufism is not just Muslim

    Sufism has fluid boundaries. Just like Islam, Sufism is inconceivable without its late antique roots. Then again, it has also exerted an influence on Hinduism. Moreover, the Sufic doctrine of divine love exists independently of Islam. By Stefan Weidner

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