Salim Alafenisch

Salim Alafenisch (* 1948 in the Negev , Israel ) is a German-speaking Palestinian writer with Israeli citizenship. In his books he gives insights into the life and culture of the Bedouins.

Salim Alafenisch (2017)

Life

Alafenisch was born the son of a Bedouin sheikh. After a childhood as a camel herder, he learned to read and write at the age of 14 and went to high school in Nazareth . He studied sociology , ethnology and psychology in London and Heidelberg . Alafenisch lives today as a freelance writer and storyteller in Heidelberg.

Literary background

Alafenisch's themes come from his own experience and life story. He writes about the clash of modernity and tradition, as well as the everyday life of nomads in the present. He draws on a rich oral storytelling tradition that he got to know as a child in his father's tent or at the Bedouin campfire at night. He describes Al Mutanabbi , Taufiq el Hakim and Ahmed Shauqi from the Arabic-speaking area as well as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Hermann Hesse and Thomas Mann as his literary role models .

Works

• 1988 The Incense Dealer , ISBN 3-293-20015-X
• 1990 The eight wives of the grandfather ; ISBN 3-293-20284-5
• 1990 The camel with the nose ring , ISBN 3-293-20266-7
• 1993 The Petrified Tent , ISBN 3-293-20127-X
• 1994 Amira- Princess of the Desert , ISBN 3-473-52189-2
• 1996 The Night of Wishes , ISBN 3-423-20707-8
• 1997 Aziza's Favorite Chicken , ISBN 3-473-33382-4
• 1998 Amira in the bridal tent , ISBN 3-473-34261-0
• 2007 The Trial by Fire , ISBN 3-293-00377-X

literature

• Nina Berman: German and Middle Eastern Literary Traditions in a Novel by Salim Alafensch: Thoughts on a Germanophone Beduin Author from Negev. In: German Quarterly. 71 (1998) 3. pp. 271-283.
• Manar Omar: Beyond the Limits of a 'National' Literature. German-speaking authors with an Arabic background. In: West-Eastern tightrope walk. Bonn 2005. pp. 107-111. ISBN 3-00-016509-6
• Manar Omar: Between exoticism and German-Arab everyday life. On the “Germanophonic” literature of writers of Arabic origin. In: Botros, Atef (ed.): The Middle East - Part of Europe? Reflections on spatial and cultural concepts in the modern Middle East. Würzburg 2006. pp. 265-288. ISBN 3-89913-476-1
• Manar Omar: The exotic and the aesthetic in selected works from the 1990s by German-writing authors of Arabic origin. (Dissertation). Cairo 2006.
• Ulrike Askari: Arabic storytelling. Salim Alafenisch. Interview with Salim Alafenisch In: Al-Maqam, magazine for Arabic art and culture. 2.2006, p. 55–58 PDF 2.5 MB

Web links

• Literature by and about Salim Alafenisch in the catalog of the German National Library
• Salim Alafenisch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The writer Salim Alafenisch: Children's fairy tales from the Orient

Individual proof

1. ^ "Palestine - Dream of Peace" Newsletter of the General Delegation of Palestine of December 4, 2007