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November 2023

Neues vom Goethe-Institut Irak



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Dear reader,

We are pleased to present a selection of activities of the Goethe-Institut Irak in our newsletter and hope you enjoy reading the November 2023 issue.

Music

Residencial Circles

Music Residency

Iraqi musicians come together for a ten-day music residency during which they embark on a journey of artistic exchange. With the support of their mentors, they set out to create a stage programme combining their various styles. This not only promises to foster a fascinating dynamic but also to forge lasting partnerships among them. Their newly developed repertoire will be presented on 2 November in front of a Sulaymaniyah audience. 

Orchestra Workshop

In this collaborative project with the Slemani Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Abdudallah Sagirma, musicians and composers Hans Rotman and Lorenzo Ghirlanda  spend a week preparing a joint concert. On 3 November at 5 PM, they will lead an audience at the Sulaymaniyah University conference hall on an exploration of various musical epochs. 

Film

Duhok

Nuhat 2023

On the occasion of the International Film Festival in Duhok (9-16 December), “Nuhat” will bring together aspiring Iraqi filmmakers for workshops in directing, production, camera, and scriptwriting. The deadline for applications is 30 November.

Learning German

Baghdad and Erbil

New beginner courses

A new German course for level A1 will start in Baghdad on November 7, Erbil follows on November 17. 

Erbil 7.11.

Stammtisch

Deutschlernende und Deutschsprechende ab dem Niveau A1 treffen sich beim regelmäßigen Stammtisch zum informellen Austausch. Das nächste Treffen findet am 7. November in Erbil ab 19 Uhr im Big Chefs statt.  

Literature

Erbil 16.11.

Bulbul - Artful Stories for Kids

On 16 November, 6:00-7:30 PM, ideas will take flight once more as children aged six to nine read stories at “Bulbul”, subsequently translating them into artistic works. The upcoming event will focus on dreams and how to bring them to life with brush and colours. 

Erbil

Mada Reading Club

Thanks to our cooperation with the Mada Reading Club, November in Erbil promises to be a delight for all literature enthusiasts: We start out with a discussion of sociologist Zygmunt Bauman’s work “Liquid Life” on 11 November and welcome author Maha Hassan only a week later, on 18 November, for a chat about her new book “Maqam al-Kurd”. The events start at 5 pm and are held in Arabic. 

Theatre

Looking back on...

Theatre Residency

The month of October saw our theatre residency participants from across Iraq spend ten intensive days working together on aspects of directing, acting, and stage setting. Mentored by the German and Polish theatre makers Matthias Gehrt, Gabriele Trinczek, and Jarek Siejkowski, they mounted Peter Handke’s play “The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other”. 

German-French Cooperation

Baghdad and Erbil

Koral Mesopotamia

KORAL MESOPOTAMIA is an intercultural choir ensemble that brings together singers from different regions throughout Iraq. After months of collaboration, they will present a unique concert: a fusion of Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian, Yezidi, Turkmen and Armenian songs --  for the first time in polyphonic arrangements. The ensemble is led by opera singer Faten Ahmed, with coaching by Bernhard Hofmann and Luna Silva. The concerts will take place November 9 in Erbil in Roshnbiri Hall and on November 11 in the Abbasid Palace.

KultKino / Ciné CLub

Don’t miss your opportunity to join this year’s last KultKino/Cinéclub events, brought to you by the Goethe-Institut Iraq and the Institut Français d’Irak à Erbil: On 2 November, we will be showing the tragic comedy “Nö” by director Dietrich Brüggemann, and on 16 November, the programme features “Ouistreham“ by Emmanual Carrère. All films in the KultKino/Cinéclub series are shown in their original language with English subtitles. 

Looking back on...

Jazz in/à Erbil

With three concerts, showcasing the brilliant versatility of Jazz music, “Jazz in Erbil”, organised by the Goethe-Institut Iraq and the Institut Français d’Irak à Erbil, entered its fifth year. The remarkable collaboration between musicians from Europe and the Kurdistan region demonstrated once more that music transcends boundaries. 

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