“Between Sweet and Bitter” – Berlin establishes Arab exile poetry in Europe

Publication date: 2026-02-17

 

  • The bilingual anthology Between Sweet and Bitter – Grenzlandschaften was recently published by EB-Verlag in Berlin.

  • It was curated by the Arab Studies Department at the University of Bonn in cooperation with “Diwan – Arab Cultural House in Berlin.”

  • The project aims to catalogue Arab poetry written in Europe as an independent literary phenomenon.

  • It seeks to document historical and aesthetic contexts beyond folkloric or orientalist perspectives.

Sources – Agencies

 


The bilingual anthology Between Sweet and Bitter – Grenzlandschaften was recently published by EB-Verlag in Berlin.


It was curated by the Arab Studies Department at the University of Bonn in cooperation with “Diwan – Arab Cultural House in Berlin.”


The project aims to catalogue Arab poetry written in Europe as an independent literary phenomenon.


It seeks to document historical and aesthetic contexts beyond folkloric or orientalist perspectives.
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