Yamen Hussein

Interviews Syrian Writers in Berlin, Yamen Hussein

Yamen Hussein: ‘You Will Always Have This Role of the Victim’

September 30, 2020

“Thomas Mann was a refugee, but we don’t remember him as a “German writer” or a “refugee writer.” The classification is problematic. Unfortunately, when you are under these organizations, there is not much space for criticism of this label. We need to be more unified when making these critiques.”

Interviews Caroline Assad, Fady Jomar, Khaled Barakeh, Layali Alawad, Ramy al-Asheq, Syrian Writers in Berlin, Yamen Hussein, Yasmina Jraissati, Yassin al-Haj Saleh

On the ‘Boom’ of Syrian Literature in Berlin

September 30, 2020

In the last five years, there has been a surge of interest in Syrian writing in German translation. In this series of interviews, writers, poets, publishers, and artists in Berlin talk about their experience with the publishing industry in Germany and beyond.