News about our scholarship holders at the Heinrich Böll House in Langenbroich.
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Original language: Deutsch
Our guests 2018
Prithu Sanyal, writer, blogger and human rights activist from Bangladesh (born 1985), addresses secularization through humanism and enlightenment, feminism and sexual freedom against religious fanaticism in his texts. In 2015, his poetry collection "Janla Nei Barandy Akash Dekhi" was published by Nagree Publishing, Bangladesh. His short stories and poetry are regularly published on the well-known blog "Muktomona", among others. Sanyal is a member of the "Science and Rationalist Association" Bangladesh and the "Shahbag" movement, which is campaigning for an international tribunal to investigate the crimes committed during the independence movement in Bangladesh in 1971.
Fellow at the Heinrich Böll House until summer 2018
Maryam Diyathim, a writer from Saudi Arabia (born in 1982), came to the Heinrich Böll House in summer 2017 together with her husband Osama Althary and their two children. She has published two volumes of poetry in Egypt. She is a news analyst and writer for the "Saudi Cultural Channel" and author for talk shows on the Gulf channel "Rotana". Maryam Diyathim has published articles and literary reviews in various Arabic and Saudi Arabian magazines such as "Ahlan wa Sahlan", "Alwatan Newspaper" and the cultural section of "Aljazeera News". Scholarship holder at the Heinrich Böll House until summer 2018 together with her husband and two children
Osama Althary, writer and poet from Yemen (born in 1983) published a collection of his poetry in 2007 under the title "Crossing distances". His texts and poetry have been published in various magazines and on websites. Osama Atlhary has been a guest at several poetry and art festivals in the Arab world. He is editor of the "Ashkal Cultural Website - Previously" and editor-in-chief of the "Democracy News Paper" in Yemen.
Fellow at the Heinrich Böll House until summer 2018
Mohammad Mallak, writer from Syria (born 1971)
Rahim Hassawi, writer from Syria (born in 1980)