Wellen der Solidarität

In the organizer's words:

The refugees, the cursed, who had crossed the borders into Europe, reached out to the eyes of the world, to the eyes of the Europeans, because in their eyes they were the world, they carried a question in their luggage: those who only have their lives to save have nothing left to lose, not even their lives, resistance is futile, who then still carries hope? Yes, who carries hope? A question that could not be more urgent. Two authors approach it from very different starting points, which nevertheless meet in the salty waters of the Mediterranean: Luna Ali's debut novel "Da waren Tage" deals with the experience of the Syrian diaspora in Central Europe, in the face of the 2011 revolution and their long, brutal displacement. Chris Grodotzki's volume of reflections "Kein Land in Sicht" tells the story(s) of civilian sea rescue from 2015 to 2025 from the perspective of its activists. Two critical but not hopeless views on and about the Mediterranean - which can be not only a moat and a mass grave, but also an international space of freedom of movement and solidarity. CHRIS GRODOTZKI photographs, writes and speaks; formerly as an antifa and environmental activist, then as press spokesman and head of operations at Sea-Watch and currently freelancing again for left-wing media and organizations. LUNA ALI works as an author and performer at various theaters. Communist socialized, daughter of politically persecuted Syrians, former Alarm Phone activist and currently a member of the Sea-Watch Airborne team. A joint event of Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung Nds., Rosa-Lux Club Hannover, Kulturbüro Hannover, Flüchtlingsrat Nds. and Seebrücke Hannover. This content has been machine translated.