Your Homeland is Our Nightmare
Your Homeland is Our Nightmare
An English translation of the German-language essay collection Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum (Ullstein fünf, 2019) edited by Fatma Aydemir and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah.
With essays by Sasha Marianna Salzmann, Fatma Aydemir, Deniz Utlu, Sharon Dodua Otoo, Hengameh Yaghoobifarah, Enrico Ippolito, Mithu Sanyal, Nadia Shehadeh, Olga Grjasnowa, Margarete Stokowski, Vina Yun, Reyhan Şahin, Max Czollek, and Simone Dede Ayivi.
Guest edited by Jon Cho-Polizzi.
Translation
Foreword to the Translations
Editor's Foreword to the translation of the 2019 collection, Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum (Ullstein fünf, 2019).
Foreword to the Collection
Foreword by editors of the German-language collection, Fatma Aydemir and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah.
English translation by Jon Cho-Polizzi
Translators' Introduction
Translators' Introduction with information concerning the language, context, and content of the translations, with input from the collective translators.
Visible
"Visible" by Sasha Marianna Salzmann
English translation by Lou Silhol-Macher
Work
"Work" by Fatma Aydemir
English translation by Be Schierenberg
Trust
"Trust" by Deniz Utlu
English translation by Jon Cho-Polizzi
Love
"Love" by Sharon Dodua Otoo
English translation by Adrienne Merritt
Looks
"Looks" by Hengameh Yaghoobifarah
English translation by Jonas Teupert
Insult
"Insult" by Enrico Ippolito
English translation by Michael Sandberg
Home
"Home" by Mithu Sanyal
English translation by Didem Uca
Dangerous
"Dangerous" by Nadia Shehadeh
English translation by Elizabeth Sun
Privileges
"Priviliges" by Olga Grjasnowa
English translation by Allison García
Food
"Food" by Vina Yun
English translation by Thomas B. Fuhr and Wojtek Gornicki
Language
"Language" by Margarete Stokowski
English translation by Jon Cho-Polizzi
Sex
"Sex" by Reyhan Şahin
English translation by Didem Uca
Overcoming the Present
"Overcoming the Present" [Gegenwartsbewältigung] by Max Czollek
English translation by Jon Cho-Polizzi
Together
"Together" by Simone Dede Ayivi
English translation by Michael Sandberg