Vier Tage. Eine nahöstliche Tetralogie

Reading with Mona Yahia as part of the exhibition "Yalla. Arab-Jewish Touches"

In "Four Days. A Middle Eastern Tetralogy", Mona Yahia tells the story of a Jewish family between Mosul, Tel Aviv, Babel and Istanbul. Starting from a turning point in 1918, a multi-layered panorama of departure, loss and exile unfolds over four generations. In vivid snapshots - each condensed into a single day - the novel links personal fates with the upheavals of the 20th century and poses the question of belonging, memory and one's place in the world.

Mona Yahia (born 1954 in Baghdad) fled to Iran with her family in 1970 and came to Israel in 1971. She studied psychology at Tel Aviv University and, from 1985, art at the University of Kassel. In her artistic work, she deals with memory, exile and identity, in particular with questions of the German culture of remembrance of the Shoah, which she reflects on in objects, installations and performative projects. She is featured as an artist in the current exhibition "Yalla. Arab-Jewish Touches".

• Introduction: Ellen Presser, Cultural Center of the IKG
• Moderation: Ulrike Heikaus, Jewish Museum Munich

An event in cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Jewish Community Munich and Upper Bavaria and SALON LiteraturVERLAG