History In the Footnotes: Leila Aboulela, Maaza Mengiste and Bhakti Shringarpure
History is written by the victorious. But do we not also need to hear the story from the other side, from ordinary people caught in the middle of historical upheavals, forced to pick a side, or just t...
12 Touko 20241h 3min
Hidden in the Details: Adania Shibli and Maaza Mengiste
The year is 1949, and the state of Israel is in its infancy. In the Negev desert, bordering Egypt, Israeli armed forces have set up camp with the mission to “cleanse it of any remaining Arabs” after t...
31 Maalis 20241h 8min
Censorship in East and West. Ian Buruma and Helge Jordheim
Freedom of expression is never absolute, but subject to laws and social conventions. Threats to freedom of thought and speech can come directly from authoritarian states or religious institutions. But...
7 Tammi 20241h 1min
An Ode to Boyhood and Rage. Max Porter and Mattis Øybø
The year is 1995, and 16 year old Shy is sneaking out of the rural boarding school for “difficult” boys, named “Last Chance”. A long history of petty crime, expulsions and frustrated family members ha...
12 Marras 20231h
A Chorus of Voices from Vietnam. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai and Yukiko Duke
Do you understand why I’ve decided to tell you about our family? If our stories survive, we will not die, even when our bodies are no longer here on this earth.The Vietnam war was a watershed event in...
22 Loka 202352min
A Love without Bounds. Aleksandar Hemon and John Freeman
In some other world, in some other life, Pinto might’ve prayed in the morning, prayed his šaharit, prayed to be relieved of his abhorrent passion. But the only prayer that came to his mind now was to ...
8 Loka 202351min
Traitor or war hero? Ian Buruma and Marte Michelet
A masseuse who rises in the ranks to become Himmler’s confidant. A cross-dressing princess who spies for Japanese secret police in China. A Dutch Jew who personally hands over his friends to the Nazis...
1 Loka 202349min
All Animals Are Not Equal. NoViolet Bulawayo and Priya Bains
In the novel Glory, we find ourselves in the fictional country Jidada, which is peopled with all kinds of animals; bleating sheep, a confident pig preacher, vicious dogs making up the country’s securi...
24 Syys 202352min
