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Book Launch
Jina - The Girl Whose Name Means Life
We are thrilled to be launching this book:
JINA – The Girl whose Name means Life.
An empowering picture book by Zilan Sarah Kößler & Clara Gilod.
This project is very close to our hearts –
Please come join us on the 24th of May at Spore Initiative, Hermanstrasse 89, Berlin.
It will be a celebration of togetherness for women's rights and freedom.
There will be a reading, workshop, dance performance, talk and concerts.
24.5. , 3 - 5 pm, Spore Initiative, Hermanstrasse 89, Berlin
JINA is inspired by the true story of Jina Amini, the brave young Kurdish woman who stood up against injustice and sparked a global movement for girls and women rights.
15:00
Join Author Zilan Sarah Kößler and Illustrator Clara Gilod for the reading of JINA.
Workshop for children.
Languages: German, English and Kurdish.
Please sign up with info@spore-initiative.org
17:30
Dance performance with the Afghan Dance Collective
“We dance to make the voices of women visible”
18:00
Panel Talk
Jin Jiyan Azadi - more than a slogan: Voices between resistance
and hope.
Gilda Sahebi, Author and journalist,
Günay Darici, Director Yekmal e.V. ,
AfgActivistCollective, Activists for a free Afganistan,
Leila Boukarim, Children´s book Author
Zilan Sarah Kößler Author of JINA.
19:40 - 21:00
To lighten and encourage our souls
Yalda Yazdani, Berfin Aktay and Faravaz Farvardin
will share their music and songs in a special concert into the later hours.
We are looking forward to meeting you there!
Jina is based on the life of the young Kurdish-Iranian woman Jina Amini. This inspiring picture book, for ages 6 - 11 and up, tells about the longing for freedom and how important it is to use our voice to unite against injustice.
Jina. A Girl Whose Name Means Life
Written by Zilan Koessler and illustrated by Clara Gilod
When do you feel free?
What does courage look like for you?
What voices do you have?
Explore these themes within the Jina story box. Listen to music for the Jina book, composed by Kurdish singer Berfin Aktay, inviting you to create rhythms and improvise. Create a straw doll, decorate it, and see your own avatar of freedom come to life.
Storybox Jina
After Leyla returns to Denmark after growing up in Nepal, all she wants is not to be different. But can she hide her true identity?
This is a true third culture kid story which explores themes of living between cultures, identity, family and how to feel at home. The reader will be able to relate to some of Leyla`s difficult adjustments to returning “home” but feeling like a hidden immigrant.
The Home Within Me
Written and illustrated by Sofia Burchardi