Umar Mirza
(The Hague, NL 1987) is a talented tv host, chairman and columnist. His parents emigrated to the Netherlands from Pakistan. At the age of 18 Umar Mirza began as a columnist and editor of the multicultural platform Wijblijvenhier.nl and developed his outlook on the Netherlands in contributions on various weblogs, opinion sites, in magazines and collections of essays. In addition he regularly sits on panels, chairs meetings and leads debates. Since 2009 he is a guest lecturer at Fontys Hogeschool voor Journalistiek in Tilburg and since 2011 has hosted tv programmes for NTR (Mijn moskee is top). Umar did the minor People and Society at Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam and in 2012 completed his Master's at the Technische Universiteit Delft. He was elected one of the twelve Best Graduates of the Netherlands. He is working on a new television programme. www.umarmirza.nl.
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SATURDAY NIGHT UNLIMITED
With: Roos Pollmann, Umar Mirza
A varied evening with programmes on five stages. Writers, poets, and visitors come together this evening in a festive, informal atmosphere. The writers will read from work commissioned by the festival, or from their books and discuss current themes. And at the end of the evening everyone dances the night away. Language is no problem: there are programmes in English and in Dutch. Tickets give admission to all programme parts.
Guests on Saturday Night Unlimited: Ian Buruma (VS/Netherlands), Mathijs Deen, Jan van Hooff, Marjolijn van Heemstra, Tanja Jadnanansing, Bernke Klein Zandvoort, Herman Koch, Antjie Krog (South Africa), Tom Lanoye, Fouad Laroui (NL Maroc), Ad van Liempt, Milo Manara (Italy), Connie Palmen, Anne Provoost (Belgium), P.F. Thomése, Kira Wuck, Geling Yan (China) and many others.In Zaal 1 your MC is Roos Pollman, in Zaal 2 Umar Mirza and in the foyer you will be welcomed by MC Francis Broekhuijsen.
The participation of Milo Manara in the festival has been cancelled because of family circumstances.
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FRIDAY NIGHT UNLIMITED
With: Roos Pollmann, Umar Mirza
A varied evening with programmes on five stages. Writers, poets, and visitors come together this evening in a festive, informal atmosphere. The writers will read from work commissioned by the festival, or from their books and discuss current themes. And at the end of the evening everyone dances the night away. A ticket gives admission to all programme parts. Language is no problem: there are programmes in English and in Dutch.
Amin Maalouf delivers the opening speech, Ian Buruma presents his film choice, authors read tirades (in cooperation with the literary magazine Tirade) or tell about the Text of their Life, while those nominated for the VSB Poetry Award perform together with poet/rapper Typhoon.
Other guests on Friday Night Unlimited: Abdelkader Benali, Arie Boomsma, Wim Brands, Linda Christanty (Indonesia), Saskia De Coster (Belgium), Aminatta Forna (GB/Sierra Leone), Rodaan Al Galidi (NL Iraq), Amin Maalouf (France/Lebanon), Andrés Neuman (Spain/Argentina), Elisabeth van Nimwegen, Roos Pollmann, Simone van Saarloos, Andries Samuel (South Africa), Alfred Schaffer, Nihad Sirees (Syria), Petra Stienen and many others.
In Zaal 1 your MC is Roos Pollman, in Zaal 2 Umar Mirza and in the foyer you will be welcomed by MC Francis Broekhuijsen.
Programme changes: Geling Yan will not perform tonight, for health reasons. Tomorrow, at Saturday Night Unlimited, she will be present.
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Around the World with Umar - LOL
Humour eases all pain. No matter how deep the sorrow, or how explosive the situation. Are writers present-day jesters and do they get away with mockery, as long as what they say ismeant in jest? Three Pakistani writers cross swords, or rather: words, on this topic. With a poetic and humorous performance by Rodaan Al Galidi and music by the Iranian percussionist Mohammad Reza Mortazawi. In English.
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Around the World with Umar - Among the Believers
In countries like Indonesia and Turkey religion gets a hold over politics. Power is changing and so is the way people approach religion. Is religion in politics a doomed path? Or is secularism an overestimated political system, just as stifling as any other belief? Ece Temelkuran (Turkey) and Ahmad Tohari (Indonesia) on the influence of state-imposed ideals. With music by the Iranian master of percussion Mohammad Reza Mortazawi. In English.
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Around the World with Umar - Stories from Home
Umar Mirza (the young editor-in-chief of Wijblijvenhier.nl (We're staying here.nl) and host of the tv programme Mijn moskee is de beste, (My Mosque is just it) in three programmes takes the audience on a journey. In part 1 we hear new migrants' stories. The barren cold, the great getting-used-to, we know about those aspects of migration by now. But what goes on beneath the surface? Reggie Baay, Nadia Bouras and Fidan Ekiz dig up intimate, hilarious anecdotes, offering a rare view of the inside of uprooted lives. With music by the Iranian master percussionist Mohammad Reza Mortazawi. In Dutch.
