Najem Wali was awarded the Villa Concordia Fellowship of the Free State of Bavaria in 2018/19: villa-concordia.de/artist. His new book, Ein Ort namens Kumait (A Place Called Kumait), a love story set in Iraq before the American invasion, was published in February 2026:
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From April 30 to June 30, 2026, the Montreal-based comic book author and illustrator is working from Bamberg, as the International Artists’ House Villa Concordia is providing her with living and working space for the first time this year as part of a collaboration between the Bavarian State Ministry...
Die türkische Schriftstellerin und Stipendiatin des letzten Jahrgangs Aslı Tohumcu kommt zurück und hat einen neuen Text im Gepäck: villa-concordia.de/kuenstlerin.
Märchenhaft und durchaus deftig - denken Sie an alte Tavernen in tiefen, dunklen Wäldern, die allerlei Getalten beherbergen - geht es zu...
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