Back to the roots

„Tehran in my stomach. How my father’s country found me “

A reading with Mathias Kopetzki

Date: 11.November, 15 Uhr
Place: Museum für Völkerkunde, Rothenbaumchaussee, Hamburg
Entrance: 7 Euro.

 

“Greetings from your father from Iran,” The first contact with his Iranian foreign father who announces suddenly, after 20 years, is short-lived. For many years, is Mathias Kopetzki, grew up in a German adoptive family whose overtures out of the way, although he feels that it is necessary for him to deal with his background. Only when he finds the life story of his father, Kopetzki dares to visit him in Tehran. What he discovered is a western media rather hidden land – modern and vibrant, enigmatic and disturbing, paradise and hell at the same time. Its diverse and sometimes contradictory impressions Kopetzki Mathias has written. In his book, he does away with prejudices about Iran – and thus enables a completely new and fresh look at a fascinating country.

 

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Santur player Olduz Marandi reading frames the musical. And DIWAN Hamburg served Persian rose tea and pastries – for a stimulating literary afternoon.