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Lesung: Behzad Karim Khani
Gender: Behzad Karim Story
Event by: Stadtbibliothek Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Location: Jugendtreff Martha, Glogauer Straße 22, Berlin - Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Talks & discussions, For children
About event
After their mother is executed in the tumult of the Iranian Revolution, eleven-year-old Saam and his little brother Nima flee to Germany with their father. Doubly foreign in the Arab-dominated Neukölln, the father eke out a life between taxi driving, backgammon and shame, while Saam tries to fill the role of head of the family. He uses every means possible to gain respect among the brutal street gangs in order to protect his brother Nima. Until one day he goes too far.
In his spectacular debut novel “Dog, Wolf, Jackal” Behzad Karim Khani writes about the complicated fates of revolutionaries, small-time dealers and knife stabbers and develops his very own sound, which echoes both the melancholy of Iranian prose and the harshness of African-American rap.
Behzad Karim Khani was born in Tehran in 1977 born, his family went to Germany in 1986. He studied media studies and now lives in Berlin-Kreuzberg, where he writes and runs the Lugosi Bar. For his debut “Dog, Wolf, Jackal” (2022) he received the debut award from the Harbor Front Literature Festival.
14. November 2025 // 5:30 p.m.
- for people aged 14 and over
- Free entry
- Without prior registration
Where?
Youth club OJA Martha
Glogauer Str. 22
10999 Berlin
In his spectacular debut novel “Dog, Wolf, Jackal” Behzad Karim Khani writes about the complicated fates of revolutionaries, small-time dealers and knife stabbers and develops his very own sound, which echoes both the melancholy of Iranian prose and the harshness of African-American rap.
Behzad Karim Khani was born in Tehran in 1977 born, his family went to Germany in 1986. He studied media studies and now lives in Berlin-Kreuzberg, where he writes and runs the Lugosi Bar. For his debut “Dog, Wolf, Jackal” (2022) he received the debut award from the Harbor Front Literature Festival.
14. November 2025 // 5:30 p.m.
- for people aged 14 and over
- Free entry
- Without prior registration
Where?
Youth club OJA Martha
Glogauer Str. 22
10999 Berlin