Dorit Rabinyan
(Israel, 1972) is an Israeli writer from a Jewish-Iranian family. Besides being a successful novelist, she writes poetry, created a children's book, and works as a presenter and scriptwriter for TV. Her third novel Grensleven (Border Life), which came out in the Netherlands in 2016, caused great controversy in Israel. A commission wanted to place the award-winning book about the love affair of a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man on Israeli high-school reading lists. But the Israeli Ministry of education prevented it because they felt it would encourage intercultural marriage. One year later, it was put on the list after all and has since become a best-seller. Her first two novels have also been published in Dutch: 1995's Perzische bruiden (Persian Brides) and 1999's Onze bruiloften (Our Weddings).
Past events
Through the Noordeinde: De Filosoof
Wineshop De Filosoof at Papestraat 5 in The Hague is the place where wine, philosophy and poetry embrace.
In Search of the Real (Love) - Dorit Rabinyan about her novel Border Life and the film Anomalisa
Dorit Rabinyan wrote a contemporary Romeo and Julia: her novel Border Life tells about the love between a Palestine man and an Israeli woman. Love and identity are rarely depicted as keenly on screen as in the animation film Anomalisa, screened subsequently. Philosopher Stine Jensen discusses novel and film with her and the audience.
The Tale of Two Cities
Four writers, eight cities. In The tale of Two Cities, writers for whom "the city" has more than one face have their say.
