Lesung mit Yasemin Toprak

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New authors from the region: Reading with Yasemin Toprak

What happens when the path to self-determination leads through the ruins of one's own origins? In her autobiographical book "The Daughter Nobody Wanted", Yasemin Toprak describes her radical break with a system of expectations and silence.

As a woman from a Yazidi background, she not only addresses the patriarchal structures within her community, but also the devastating consequences of saying "no". For her, breaking off contact with her family was not a simple act of liberation, but a painful process that meant social isolation and the loss of her previous identity.

On this evening, the author and podcaster will read from her work and analyze the intersections between cultural imprinting, feminist resistance and the courage to risk everything for one's own autonomy. A reading about the pain of leaving - and the necessity of finding oneself.