Zur Eröffnung der phil.COLOGNE: Israel. Ein Gespräch. Mit Navid Kermani und Natan Sznaider

On October 7, 2023, Israeli sociologist Natan Sznaider woke up in a different world. "Horrified" and "desperate" were inadequate words to describe the Hamas massacre. From a distance, the Cologne-based writer and winner of the German Book Trade Peace Prize Navid Kermani recognized the horror that had already befallen so many peoples in the Middle East over the past two decades.
The two friends recalled a passionate email exchange they had in 2002 after their first meeting in Haifa. 21 years later, their correspondence, now published in book form under the title Israel. Eine Korrespondenz is now available in book form and helps us to understand the present in the Middle East. They will continue their conversation on the phil.COLOGNE stage and discuss war and peace in a torn region.
Moderator: Wolfram Eilenberger