Program

Tue 1 Oct
20:00 uur
De Nieuwe Liefde

Festival Preview: Fabulous Female Voices

Four female leaders with Moroccan roots, each with their own experiences in (local) politics. Which books do they read? Which writers and poets have influenced their political careers? From which words do they draw strength and who inspires them?
Wed 9 Oct
20:00 uur
Brussel, België

Festival Preview at BOZAR

Join us at BOZAR Brussels for the yearly Festival Preview! With: Fedwa Misk, Karima Ahdad and Sanaa El Aji.
Thu 10 Oct
19:30 uur
Grote Zaal

Opening Night: The Curators’ Guide to Morocco

Which voices can you expect to hear at this edition of Read My World and what is the latest on the Moroccan literary scene? During the opening night kick off, our curators Fedwa Misk and Mahi Binebine will tell us about the Morocco they want to present during this festival and why.
Thu 10 Oct
20:45 uur
Tuinzaal

Opening Night: Writers Café

Draw up a chair in the Writer’s Café and meet our Moroccan guests. Curator Fedwa Misk and Editor Myriam Sahraoui question the writers about their motivations, passions and favourite literature.
Thu 10 Oct
22:00 uur
Tuinzaal

The Language of The Flesh

There is a lot of beauty in the freedom to have sex, to desire and feel lust. How are those sensations expressed in literature, in the arts, in (popular) culture? How do these depictions affect us – as writers, artists but also viewers, members of the society.
Fri 11 Oct
11:00 uur
Grote Zaal

School of Poetry with Widad Mjama

In this upbeat theatre program, Amsterdam youth present their own poem, inspired by the work of the Moroccan festival guests.
Fri 11 Oct
14:00 uur
Grote Zaal

School der Poëzie with Mahi Binebine

In this upbeat theatre program, Amsterdam youth present their own poem, inspired by the work of the Moroccan festival guests.
Fri 11 Oct
18:30 uur
Tuinzaal

Food Stories

Your mum’s couscous is the tastiest, and no one in the world makes a better apple pie than your grandma. In Food Stories, writers invite you to taste the stories told by their family recipes.
Fri 11 Oct
19:00 uur
Grote Zaal

Hirak: Imagining Uprising

The protest movement in Morocco is called Hirak, which literally translates as ‘movement’. As with many worldwide protest movements there is a role for the arts within Hirak. However, these protests have been unique and distinct from those in surrounding countries. Has the Hirak produced a movement in the Moroccan literary field, or is it too early to say?
Fri 11 Oct
20:00 uur
Tuinzaal

Many Motherhoods

Motherhood creates different layers within relationships: to children, grandchildren, but also partners, fellow parents, friends, lovers. How does the status of motherhood – no matter how we define it – impact on our relationships, on society, on politics?
Fri 11 Oct
20:30 uur
Grote Zaal

Berberbibliotheekbal

In the winter of 2010, translator Hester Tollenaar and writer Asis Aynan created the Berber library (Berberbibliotheek). What followed was a highly praised series of ten classics from Berber country (North-Africa) translated to Dutch. After ten books the series has been completed and this will be celebrated during Read My World with a Berber Library Ball.
Fri 11 Oct
21:30 uur
Tuinzaal

Tongues

Every person speaks at least one language, but nearly everyone speaks more than one. There are languages that we learn from our parents, languages that oppressors impose upon us, languages that are used to express intimacy and those that signify distance. In Tongues, poets, spoken word artists and musicians play with language and invite you to experience their multilingual universe.
Sat 12 Oct
13:00 uur
Framer Framed

Workshop Poetry translation

Read My World once again invites you to participate in our poetry translation workshop. Discover the poetry of one of this year’s festival guests together with literary translator Nisrine Mbarki.
Sat 12 Oct
Tolhuistuin Amsterdam

Read My World Festival 2019 – Day 3

Day 3 of het Read My World Festival 2019
Sat 12 Oct
15:00 uur
Grote Zaal

Our Bodies – with Mona Eltahawy

Mona Eltahawy talks with feminists from Morocco and The Netherlands about the body & sexuality, body & religion and the relation between body & activism.

Sat 12 Oct
15:30 uur
Tuinzaal

Intimate Mother Tongues

With Moha Souag and Sanna El Aji amongst others.
Sat 12 Oct
17:00 uur
Tuinzaal

Roots!

Roots! is a program about the influence of literature on a person’s artistry.
Sat 12 Oct
18:30 uur
Grote Zaal

An Intimate Approach

In an epistolary exchange, two writers explore the darker sides of their style and relate this to embodiment: their positionality and the manifestation thereof in their themes and language.
Sat 12 Oct
19:00 uur
Tuinzaal

The Discomfort Zone

This year, our annually recurring program Discomfort Zone features a multilingual mix of Moroccan, Dutch and Palestinian poetry. Five women, ten voices: Asmaa Azaizeh, Nisrine Mbarki, Rim Battal, Widad Mjama and Anneke Brassinga read from their own work in the original language.
Sat 12 Oct
20:00 uur
Grote Zaal

Staat van het Theater

With actors, directors and specialists, we zoom in at the current state of theater in Morocco.
Sat 12 Oct
21:00 uur
Tuinzaal

Queer it up! From Screen to Pen

Yael van der Wouden gaat in gesprek met schrijvers en artiesten over welke films en/of televisieprogramma's hun verbeelding hebben vormgegeven - of dat nog steeds doen. Welke stemmen inspireerden hen, en op welke manier maken ze deel uit van hun werk, literatuur en activisme? Met onderen anderen Mona Eltahawy en Abdellah Taïa.
Sat 12 Oct
21:15 uur
Grote Zaal

Dialy

How can you and do you speak about sexuality in public in Morocco and in Moroccan Dutch circles? A theatrical program in which monologues from the Moroccan version of the Vagina Monologues: Dialy / Mine and from the Dutch version of the Veiled Monologues are performed.
Sat 12 Oct
22:00 uur
Tuin

Campfire

Every year we conclude Read My World with a campfire in the garden, with music, spoken word, poetry and story telling.
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