violence and oppression. and lying to save people and for the common good is a topic of jacob the lawyer $100.00 german must really believe. venice is still flooded and did the latest. 80 percent of this the goon city off the northeast coast of italy on the water 3 of the worst 10 floods since records began 120 years ago have happened in the last week now salt water is no good for many things including priceless works of art and the foundations of historic buildings. the record high tides have brought venice to its knees known for its canals and gondolas venice has always been a city of water but it's never experienced a week like this one the so-called or high water flooded the city's historical buildings including many of its most famous monuments water flowed into st mark's

basilica submerging in script and covering the church's mosaic floors the extent of the damage can't yet be established but it's expected to be significant a member of the board responsible for maintenance of the basilica called the church the heart of the city's culture and faith is a matter of. state the responsibility global responsibility if i may say is also our fault as a generation because we were too much patient we are our generation which. we had to have him up a friend of the math. misplays there he is 3 the landmark basilica dates back to the 11th century its famous gold mosaics took hundreds of years to complete but such an important religious and cultural icon could be damaged by the high tide is painful for venetians i assume i say. the shaman together with

the other of the i think about the we have a still trying to recover and so we had absolutely. you know for defending so with all of my heart the most my 1st is we would go on we would try to the day major and that we improve the safety of these churches. venice is also famous for its art its museums and its theatres performances of the world famous laughing opera house were cancelled to carry out necessary repairs. to the buildings electrical and heating systems were severely damaged by flooding leaving laugh in egypt in operable. so. the opera house is superintendent fortunato autumn beano said that they are working around the clock to make sure the show can go on. if we don't provide as soon as possible i would say. to

replace the electricity as it was before the wonderful thing needs its remains is just 104 hollows. and even the most beautiful hollis's when. they collapse the lower water levels are expected soon but the damage will take much longer to repair. and we'll keep an eye on that story now my guest in a minute is by here shihab lebanese street artist and activist especially for women's rights in the arab world and his story and she's a designer and an educated too should join me in a minute but 1st a little while about. professor graphic designer here she lives in cairo but her work has had an impact around the world series a 1000 times no because an outcry against violence and oppression stansell graffiti

of the arabic word no fill the streets of cairo a 1000 different kind of graphic knows she borrowed from centuries of islamic art history. the work started as a protest against the brutality of egypt's failed revolution in 2013 explained her 1000 knows in a ted talk no to military route no to a new pharaoh no to violence no to blinding heroes no to killing men of religion not to burning books no sister thing. and years later she is still saying no showing her works galleries and spraying walls wherever she goes with messages of protest. and shihab i speak for. joins me now you're here invalid for a few days have you done that is fragged as yet no is this would you like to him

i've been to the one in bed last year but i haven't done anything at all no i wasn't suggesting you should think about now you are famous for an instant that happened in the arab spring many years ago what we could call the blue bra incident we've got pictures that we saw briefly there but yeah we've got pictures here of this extraordinary thing that an impromptu. your protest if you do i wonder if you could tell us what what we offer. feeling seeing i wasn't the only artist there were hundreds of artists who went down to the street and painted the blue bra we were very angry a lot of them stray since for women's rights came out after that incident and drove a lot of people to the streets. now the written word is very important here because with the princes with the blue bra you don't have a. bit of calligraphy above it. it is a part of you are however there's a lot of illiteracy in the arab world so is your message coming across i mean

that's not the only about 3 doing because the can you verify that i agree to illegible even to somebody who speaks arabic i'm trying to push because there see if i'm trying to push i recount if it's calligraphic passed into the now the future what should i because look like for people living today is it well i think. you would said talking about people in the arab world with globalize i said this is a quote we have adopted the modes of the west being colonized and imitated there but did it get as anywhere did i think the conversation should always be at equal footing and if you are having covers ations about from a colonized and the colonizer it's never equal and so if the kind of dialogue that to be able to have is. that of respect but it's ex colonies now isn't it you know no let's talk about plato you. know not you know here in berlin on the

invitation of the barenboim side are cademy now i should explain a little bit about that daniel barenboim and would syeed famously created the west east and ivana history which brings israeli and palestinian musicians together encounter jing coexistence through music your with your you're a wordsmith what you know as a musician if i may say so what are you doing at the babbling size academy so i recently published a book with gingko press as an entitled at the corner of a dream and the book is actually a documentation of all of the wars that i've painted which i poetry by mahmoud deadliest so for the past 3 years of a painting poetry in different parts of the word so the book is the documentation of these poems i own. well created an art installation which is videos reflecting on these poems and this is what's being shown currently at the academy and we're

seeing pictures actually right now of this calligraphy this is some of his there's a poems that i've painted in different cities around the world by by the way or the words of mahmoud that reese now these these pictures which we are seeing there for some time but your street art by its nature gets a raised quite quickly. does that both of you or do i start out she part of it all of this is it's part ephemeral this is the whole point of st ives is that it's there for a period of time and then it's gone if you get to see it then it's good if you don't it's ok really you know it doesn't involve you the time i just are fascinated by st authors for this reason is because it's a conversation it's like somebody who wants to tell you to be quiet so they paint over you ok but the composition can be played again and again and anyway what is next for your street or what is next for you ike i'm still painting last week i

painted a new organ on tour so i'm and i'm hopefully painting award in washington next year so i know these of protest all these are poems that i'm hoping that would have been . stuck to each other to build dialogue between different if it doesn't around the world it's all about bringing cultures together it is about dialogue if there's a bug bringing us closer to each other and specially now when we need to good luck with all that i should mention the book is called the corner of a dream which is a wonderful title have to say by hand thank you very much for being here with you for having. me. have you ever told a white lawyer to be polite or to stop someone being upset by the truth well jacob ulick beca takes that premise quite a bit further jacob ends up lying because he thinks he's helping people survive in

the get more in our series 100 german must reads. fake news 2 words we're all sick of but what if fake news weren't just about getting people outraged and cashing in on clicks what if fake news could lift people's spirits and give them hope. and. that's exactly what happens in jacob the liar by you like back our it's world war 2 and jacob lives in a jewish ghetto in poland one day by chance he overhears the german occupiers listening to the radio he can't believe what he hears soviet army is just a few quaters why it's coming. taken tells his friend what he's heard but he also makes it sound like the radio was his suddenly everyone in the ghetto is talking about the news but now jacob feels compelled to keep telling good news unintentionally he becomes a liar because of his fake news even the suicide rate is dropping eventually jacob

comes to defend his fake news isn't it enough for you that we have almost nothing to eat that in winter one in 5 of us freezes to death that every day half a street gets taken away in transports all that still isn't enough. and when i try to make use of the very last possibility that keeps them from just lying down and dying with words do you understand i try to do that with words because that's all i have then you come and tell me it's pretty good author you like back i spent his own childhood in a jewish ghetto in poland after world war 2 he came to live in east germany this book his 1st novel fills the reader with warmth without giving way to pay foes or minimizing the horrors of nazi crimes. so you could go liar is not our hero's tale it's the story of a man who creates a ton of hope with just a grain of truth it's also

a book that will stay with you long after you finish the last page. drip for the other 99 books on the list are all on the website at b.w. dot com slash culture or look for 100 jumbo must read lots of other cultural stories around the world can be found there as well but that's it for now bob i'm join as against. the.

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