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Navid Kermani
(b.1967) is an orientalist and lecturer, who until 2003 was a Long-Term Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin. Since then he has been living in Cologne as a freelance writer. His publications include: Gott ist schön. Das ästhetische Erleben des Koran [God is beautiul. The aesthetic experience of the Koran] (2000); Schöner neuer Orient. Berichte von Städten und Kriegen [Brave new Orient. Reports from cities and wars] (2003); Iran. Die Revolution der Kinder [Iran. The children's revolution] (2005); Der Schrecken Gottes. Attar, Hiob und die metaphysische Revolte [The terror of God. Attar, Hiob, and the metaphysical Revolt] (2005); Kurzmitteilung [Short message] (2007).
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"I won't be an Uncle Tom"
A conversation with Navid Kermani
"Either I play my part and become a defender of Islam or multiculturalism -- or indeed a denouncer of Islam, whatever role I get landed with -- or else I write my books, with a view to people still reading them in twenty years." Navid Kermani explains why he won't have anything to do with the Islam industry. [more]