Positionen und Perspektiven
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The ninth edition of the discussion series "Positions and Perspectives" features journalist and author Natalie Amiri as a guest. She has been reporting from the Middle East for many years and her travels have taken her to Lebanon, the West Bank, Gaza, Iran and Israel. Even in times of war and violence, she has sought contact with the people on the ground and spoken to them about their everyday lives, their fears and their hopes. Natalie Amiri's aim is not to pass judgment from the outside, but to understand: She allows voices to be heard that are rarely heard in international reporting, and she thus provides an unusual look behind the scenes of the major conflicts.
Together with political scientist and journalist Saba-Nur Cheema and the director of the Anne Frank Educational Center, Meron Mendel, she talks about how the various conflicts in the region are intertwined - and what hopes people have not given up despite all the violence and turmoil.
Positions and Perspectives 8: Saba-Nur Cheema and Meron Mendel in conversation with Eva Menasse
On the question of how the anti-Semitism debate in Germany derailed - on February 21 at 7 pm - Schauspielhaus, Kleines Haus
In the eighth edition of the discussion series "Positions and Perspectives", Austrian essayist and novelist Eva Menasse will be our guest. She has received numerous prizes for her writing, including the Heinrich Böll Prize for Literature, the Austrian Book Prize and the Bruno Kreisky Prize for the political book. Her most recent novel "Dunkelblum" was a bestseller and has been translated into nine languages. Eva Menasse was also spokesperson for the writers' association PEN Berlin, where she has lived for more than 20 years. Menasse sharply criticizes the political discussion about anti-Semitism and in 2022 attested to the Germans' fatal desire for symbolic politics. Since October 7, 2023, the debate about anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel has become even more heated. It has become more emotional, polarized and often irreconcilable. There are insinuations and prejudgements as well as trivialization and ignorance. The debate has long since spread to the cultural landscape. Why is this topic in particular causing so much controversy? And how can we find a more objective and productive exchange?
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