Lesung: Mohammad Sarhangi "Jahre der Angst, Momente der Hoffnung – Eine Gefühlsgeschichte der Migration"

How exile, foreignness and discrimination shape feelings.
"From the balcony, I looked out onto a playground where children my age were running around and having fun. After a brief hesitation, I asked them if I could play. The answer was: 'No, we don't play with foreign children. I don't remember how I felt at the time. In retrospect, it was clear: in future, I would look in the mirror and recognize a foreigner."
It is events like these that produce feelings of exclusion: Fear, shame, anger, despair, but also longing and hope. The historian Mohammad Sarhangi analyzes the extent to which the diverse experiences of migration shape and form the feelings of migrants - even across generations. He impressively interweaves his own experiences with oral history interviews and autobiographical and literary publications to create an insightful and moving book.
In cooperation with the North-South Forum Bremerhaven, B.O. Migration and Refugees
Registration is requested: On site at the library, by telephone or by email.
Venue: Central Library in the Hanse Carré, Bgm.-Smidt-Straße 10