On August 4, 1966, a space rocket rises in Lebanon. A project with great hopes attached to it. Exactly 54 years later to the day, an explosion devastates the port of Beirut and changes the lives of many people forever. Pierre Jarawan masterfully links these two historical events into a family story that goes far beyond the fate of the Middle East; "Woman in the Moon" (Berlin Verlag) is great storytelling. Accompanied musically by Lebanese singer-poet Rabih Lahoud and Cologne guitarist and oud player Matthias Kurth, and complemented by his own photographs, Pierre Jarawan will be presenting his new novel, with Lebanese finger food available at the bar today.