International Literature Festival – polip
7th Edition 12–14 May 2017
https://polipfestival.wordpress.com
http://www.qendra.org
Program 2017
Friday, 12. 05. 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)
Saturday, 13. 05. 2017.
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
Sunday, 14. 05. 2017.
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
Monday, 15. 05. 2017
18:00 – 19:30 Reading and discussion with Gregory Pardlo (USA) National Library of Kosovo, Prishtina