Buchpremiere mit Yasmine M’Barek – »I feel you – Über Empathie«

In the organizer's words:

On September 25, author, journalist and podcaster Yasmine M'Barek will be coming to Pfefferwerk at 7:30 pm to read from her new book "I feel you - Über Empathie". The evening will be hosted by author and presenter Anna Dushime.

Empathy is considered the highest art of togetherness. Nevertheless, it seems to have been lost in the current culture of debate. In the digital survival of the fittest, everyone is concerned with everything, but primarily with themselves; opinions become absolute. In I FEEL YOU, Yasmine M'Barek explains why we need to learn to be empathetic again - or at least need more empathetic egoists. From relatable content on Instagram to the connection between empathy and capitalism to the question of what Taylor Swift has to do with the death of criticism. With sharpness, humor and analytical clarity, Yasmine M'Barek pleads for a social rediscovery of empathy - politically, privately and in pop culture.

Yasmine M'Barek, born in 1999, is a journalist, podcaster and author. She attended the Cologne School of Journalism and is an editor at ZEIT Online. She is a regular guest on political talk shows and hosts the ZEIT podcast "Ehrlich jetzt?". Yasmine M'Barek lives in Cologne and Berlin.

Anna Dushime was born in Kigali, went to school in England, graduated from high school in the Lower Rhine region and studied marketing in the Netherlands and Hungary. She works as an author, presenter and creative director for the award-winning satire format "Browser Ballett", among others. As a columnist, she regularly wrote about dating, racism and everything in between for taz from 2019 to 2022. Her show "Der letzte Drink mit Anna Dushime" won the Grimme Prize in 2024. She hosts the discussion series "Streit und Zuversicht" initiated by the ZEIT Foundation and Holtzbrinck Berlin, the "Browser Ballett Heimatquiz" on ZDF and the Ärzte-ohne-Grenzen podcast "Notaufnahme".

The event is a co-production with Eichborn Verlag.

Price information:

Reduced 14 Euro