March 2026

Language in Pain

A deep reading of „Coffin of Silence“ by Badia Kashgari

Mission, power, Messiah

Scholastique Mukasonga's "Sister Deborah" is a fascinating literary genealogy about Christian mission, apocalyptic expectations and colonial order

From inner turmoil to freedom

From Siddhartha's river to the roar of the Steppenwolf: Hermann Hesse illuminates our inner abysses and invites the reader to break free from external scripts and create their own truth

From bestseller to blockbuster

Andy Weir's novel "Project Hail Mary" is transformed into a great science fiction film by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who trade literary and scientific precision for emotion and pace

Life as an echo

Oyinkan Braithwaite's "Cursed Daughters" tells of curse, memory and self-empowerment - between Lagos, family ghosts and the question of whether origin is destiny or just narrative

Ramadan, then and now

A journey through memory and the city of Aden

Crime fiction and multiculturalism

A.A. Dhand and Saima Mir write crime novels set in Bradford, a former textile city with a large Muslim/British/Asian community. They address migration and protest, and challenge racist and sexist stereotypes.

Apocalypse 2.0

Historical catastrophes beyond the present: intermittent plague, climate crises and geopolitical transformations from Justinian I to the Abbasid Caliphate

“Zimbabwe is my muse”

Mbizo Chirasha in conversation with Zimbabwean cultural activist, writer and performance poet Cynthia Marangwanda

The West is dead. Long live the West?

The West is booming. Many believe it is a dilapidated house that should finally be torn down. But what does it represent and how did it become what it is today? Two books provide the answers.