Widad Nabi
Widad Nabi ( Arabic وداد نبي, DMG Widād Nabī ; * 1985 in Kobane ) is a Kurdish-Syrian poet and writer who lives in Berlin .
Life
Widad Nabi studied economics at the University of Aleppo and graduated with a bachelor's degree .
She writes her poems in Arabic . Her texts have been translated into French , English and German. Two of her books were published in Arabic: 2013 in Aleppo, a volume whose title translates as Time for Love, Time for War . Another book followed in 2016, the title of which translates as Syria and the futility of death . It was published in Beirut. Her poems were printed in German in the anthologies Weg sein - Hier sein , published by the Secession Verlag für Literatur , and The wings of my heavy heart. Poetry by Arab female poets from the 5th century to the present day , published by Manesse Verlag . In 2017 Widad Nabi performed a reading at the poetry market as part of the Berlin Poetry Festival .
Web links
- Widad Nabi: Syrians in Germany: “Integration is not a piece of clothing that we just put on”. In: Spiegel Online , September 9, 2017.
- Kurdish poet in exile in Berlin: "I'm building a home here" Widad Nabi in an interview with Sophie Schmalz, In: www.taz.de, January 12, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Widad Nabi. Further letter, accessed on July 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Arabic women poetry: Lina Atfeh - Widad Nabi. Interk (ult) uranstalt Westend eV, accessed on July 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Khalid Al-Maaly (ed.): The wings of my heavy heart poetry by Arab female poets from the 5th century to the present day , Manesse Verlag, Zurich 2008, ISBN 9783717540724 . Review note on Perlentaucher .
- ↑ Event: June 2017. Haus für Poesie Berlin , accessed on July 8, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nabi, Widad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | وداد نبي |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kurdish-Syrian poet and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ain al-Arab |