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Livestream transmission: Book premiere - Mohamed Amjahid: Let's Talk About Sex, Habibi @ Oyoun-Club
September 27, 2022 18:30 AM - 20:00
Free of charge
In addition to the sold-out reading by Mohamed Amjahid, we are offering a live stream in the Oyoun Club. Tickets are free but must be reserved using the ticket button at the bottom of this page.
Our view of love and desire in North Africa is heavily influenced by clichés, orientalism and fetishization. But what freedoms are there in supposedly closed societies? Where are the boundaries and who defines them? Mohamed Amjahid shows how the everyday sexuality of North Africans really is and does away with racist stereotypes. He tells of orgies at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, love spells and Salafists who, against their beliefs, sell overpriced condoms. But also about toxic masculinity, religious abuse of power and sexualised violence. An unclouded look into the bedrooms of North Africa - intimate, taboo and very entertaining.
Admission: 18:00 p.m. | Start: 18:30 (on time)
Tickets: Admission free | Reservation required -> ticket button at the bottom of the page
Moderator: Aline Abboud
The reading is not suitable for minors!
About the author:
Mohamed Amjahid, 1988 in Frankfurt a. M., is a political journalist, author and moderator. He writes for several media such as ZEIT, Spiegel, taz and Süddeutsche Zeitung and has been awarded the Alexander Rhomberg Prize and the Nannen Prize, among others. Amjahid is a Fellow at the Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles. Amjahid has received a lot of attention for his books Among Whites and The White Spot. He lives in Berlin.
Mohammed Amjahid can be found on Instagram.
About the moderator:
Aline studied Arabic Studies in Leipzig, Beirut and Istanbul. Since September 2021 she has been part of the moderator team of ARD “tagesthemen” and “tagesschau24”. Aline was previously a presenter at ZDF and editor at ZDF "heute Xpress" and reporter for the "external service" section of the "auslandsjournal". In 2020 she made the documentary "And now we!" for arte about youthful protest culture in Europe. In "Zenith - Der Nahost Podcast" she sheds light on the complex situation in the Middle East, on funk she presents "DIE DA OBEN!", where she takes turns with Jan Schipman preparing parliamentary debates for Generation Y.
The book premiere will be live at rbbculture transfer.
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