19:00 - 21:00
Sandershaus, Kassel
Colorful ice cream balls, sweet juices, long warm nights with chirping crickets – embedded in the security of a large family. These images shape Alena Jabarine's memories of her childhood summers. Less than 20 Kilometers separate her grandparents' house, which is located in today's Israel, from the occupied Palestinian territory. As a child she only had an inkling of it, that an initially invisible border divides this country into two worlds - with big differences, what the rights, life expectancy and status in the eyes of the world.
Beginning 2020 Jabarine moved to Ramallah, to understand, what “Palestine” means: for the people on one side of the wall and for those on the other. And for their own identity. In her book she tells stories of humanity and joy of life, but also of resistance. stories, who help with that, to understand the reality in Israel and Palestine.
about the author:
Alena Jabarine is a German-Palestinian from Hamburg. After studying politics in Hamburg and Barcelona, she completed a journalistic traineeship at NDR and has since then worked, among other things,. as a freelance journalist. From 2020-2022 she lived in Ramallah, where she worked for a German political foundation, and wrote her first book over these years. “The Last Heaven” was published by Ullstein-Verlag in May and went straight onto the Spiegel bestseller list.
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Moderation: Manuel Biallas
beginning: 19:00 / inlet: 18:30
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