7th Edition
 12–14 May 2017

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Program 2017

Preview

14:00 – 15:00 Reading and discussion with Gregory Pardlo (USA)                                   North Mitrovica / American Corner

19:30 – 20:00 Official opening of the polip festival                                                       Qendra Multimedia, Prishtina

20:00–22:00 Readings

Gregory Pardlo (USA), Aïcha Arnaout (SYR/FR), Miloš Živanović (SRB), Laurence Boissier (CH), Gani Jakupi (RKS/ ESP), Lura Limani (RKS), Shqiptar Oseku (RKS/SE), Nir Baram (ISR).

Moderators:  Qerim Ondozi (RKS), Saša Ilić (SRB). Live music: Ana Ćurčin (SRB)

Panel discussion

16:00–17:30 Gender, Literature and Media: experiences of exile Panelist:  Aïcha Arnaout (SYR/FR), Entela Tabaku Sörman(SE), Kefah Ali Deeb (SYR/DE), Gani Jakupi (RKS/ESP), Bernhard Studlar (AT)

Moderator:  Eli Krasniqi (RKS)

Panel discussion

18:00–19:30 Power by Bigotry – Defying Right-Wing Fury Panelist:  Gregory Pardlo (USA), Nir Baram (ISR), Theodoros Grigoriadis (GR).

Moderator:  Una Hajdari (RKS)

20:00– 22:00 Readings                                                                                                   

Intro / music and reading: Kralj Čačka (SRB)

Ghayath Almadhoun (PSE/SYR/SE), Entela Tabaku Sorman (ALB/SE), Nina Cara (ALB), Arben Idrizi (RKS), Theodoros Grigoriadis (GR), Bernhard Studlar (AT), Kefah Ali Deeb (SYR/DE), Bardh Frangu (RKS), Fatime Kosumi (RKS/DE).                          

Moderators: Jeton Neziraj (RKS), Jazra Khaleed (CHE/GR).

22:00 – 00:00                                                                                                                     Live music: Kralj Čačka (SRB) at Hamam Bar Prishtina

Panel discussion

16:00–17:30 Where I’m writing from: Literature in times of exile, diaspora, displacement Panelists: Jazra Khaleed (CHE/GR), Ghayath Almadhoun (SYR/SE), Ekaterina Petrova (BG), Hamed Abboud (SYR/AT), Shqiptar Oseku (RKS/SE).

Moderator: Lura Limani (RKS)

Panel discussion

18:00–19:30 The Balkans as the Avant-garde  Panelists: Fatos Lubonja (ALB), Lura Limani (RKS), Miloš Živanović (SRB), Dinko Telećan (CRO)

Moderator: Saša Ilić (SRB)

20:00 – 00:00 Readings

Fatos Lubonja (ALB), Jazra Khaleed (CHE/GR), Naime Beqiraj (RKS), Hamed Abboud (SYR), Ekaterina Petrova (BG), Rrona Jaka (RKS), Dinko Telecan(CRO), Shpëtim Selmani (RKS).

Moderators:  Saša Ilić (SRB) & Eli Krasniqi (RKS)

Live music: tandem / Blerta Kosova & Oda Haliti

18:00 – 19:30 Reading and discussion with Gregory Pardlo (USA)                           National Library of Kosovo, Prishtina

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