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444:, Munich, 2020. Before his eight and final version, Khadir had to take a break midway and distance himself from writing this book, so that he is able to view it from a different perspective. It was during his break that he decided to work on something different, and started writing “German for everyone” handbook. In contrast to his novel, Khadir laid out the handbook in a very simple form of the German language. This gave room to have Khadir use a more complicated German when narrating his novel, whose setting, this time, is in Iraq, rather than Germany.
239:. Despite being educated, none of Khadir's siblings grew an interest in literature, except for his sisters and the literary critic, Saleh Zamel, who was also a spouse to one of his sisters. Khadir spent most of his time reading in Zamel's library, and it is through which Khadir discovered many new writers with whom he, later, met personally. It is his love for reading and the inspiration by the works of different authors that generated his desire to write.
296:, eleven candidates were shortlisted, and three won. The goal of the workshop was to assist the candidates in their development process as writers by giving them tips and pieces of advice. In return, Khadir and the other writers will get to learn about the candidates’ experience as writers influenced by the
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subject. Khadir's originality was reflected in his form and content, and he manifested concepts, such as self-protection and resistance, in a humorous tone. This drove German critics to describe Khadir as a writer who committed to narrating stories about
227:, seeing that it is often figurative in nature. This helped facilitate his reading and understanding of poetry. He found refuge in reading, and it opened doors to rediscovering the world. Through his readings, he travelled to Germany with
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During his stay in
Germany, Khadir gained the necessary qualifications in order to get admitted to university. In five years’ time, he successfully completed studying in three different educational institutions: an Arabic school, an
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In 2014, and in cooperation with a number of writers, Khadir organized “Cairo Short
Stories” writers’ workshop for outstanding young writers at the Goethe-Institut Ägypten. Out of the 108 participants who submitted their
346:, including Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Turkey, Greece and Italy, in which he resided as an undocumented refugee and lived off temporary job posts. In 2000, he was arrested upon his arrival to Germany by a
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a literary voice, and the account of a refugee life in his novels were more than just a naturalistic depiction. His novels explored the gendered nature of power systems, the
Kafkaesque dynamics of
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containing his own writings. Consequently, he was arrested and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, namely from the year 1993 to 1995. In 1996, he fled to Jordan, and later moved to a number of
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Khadir is currently hosting a number of reading projects in
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of Iraq at the time. He sold books that were banned by the government, to which he attached
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In 2017, which was the same year he was nominated for the
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Germany, Khadir made his living off
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Gambian notion of the refugee as the ultimate
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311:literary award, Khadir completed two additional
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447:"The memory-faker" (original title in German:
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623:He was granted poetics lectureship at the
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586:German Literature Fund working grant, 2010
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630:He attended as a guest lecturer at
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806:"عباس خضر.. عراقي يبدع بلغة غوته"
804:إسماعيل, محمد (28 October 2015).
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