one of our 100 german must regions of the region. venice is still flooded and did the latest set of put over 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 aqua alta or high water flooded the city's historical buildings including many of its most famous monuments water flowed into st mark's basilica submerging its crypt 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 our forebears generation because we were too much patient are we our generation which. we had to have another friend of the math these. these plays their history 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 see. the shame and i together with the other i think about the we have are still trying to recover and so we had absolutely. no. for defending so we've

all in my heart in the my 1st we were gone we would try to say that the day major ended to improve the safety of these churches. venice is also famous for its art its museums and its theatres performances at the world famous laugh in each 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. the opera houses superintendent fortunato are to be know said that they are working around the clock to make sure the show can go on. if we don't provide it as soon as possible i would say. to replace the electricity as it was before the wonderful thin h. it remains is just 104 hollows abandoned and ever even the

most beautiful houses when. they call ups to 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 educator to join me in a minute but 1st a little while about. prefers a graphic designer here she lives in cairo but her work has had an impact around the world series a 1000 times no there's 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 nodes 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 religious and not to burning books no disturbing the peace. and years later she is still saying no showing her works galleries and spraying walls wherever she goes with messages of protest. and here shihab i speak. joins me now you're here invalid for a few days have you done that he spread out yet now is this would you like to him been to the warden ben last year but i haven't done anything at all no i wasn't suggesting you should. 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 like i wonder if you could tell us what what we offer. feeling seeing that 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 yeah now the written word is very important here because with the princes with the blue brow 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 only about 3 doing because can you verify that i agree to a ledge of an event to somebody who speaks arabic i'm trying to push because perceived i'm trying to push i recount if it's calligraphic passed into the now the

future what should our 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 are but did it get as anywhere did i think the conversation should always be at equal footing and if you are having conversations about family 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 x. colonies now i was you know. let's talk about plato you. know you'll hear in berlin on the invitation of the baron boy side are cademy now i should explain a little bit about them daniel barenboim and with saeed famously created the west

east and ivana history which brings israeli and palestinian musicians together encountered coexistence through music your we've taught you 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 ginko press and titled 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 that reese so for the past 3 years i've been think poetry in different parts of the word so the book is the documentation of these poems i also 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 those are the poems that i've painted in different 50 of the

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 hour 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 to like i just i'm fascinated by street offers for this reason is because it's a conversation it's like somebody was 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 how or what is next for you. i'm still painting last week i painted a new order and on tour so i'm and i'm hopefully painting award in washington next year so and of these of protest all these are poems that i'm hoping that would have

been. stuck to each other to build dialogue between different i thought those in the round the world it's all about bringing cultures together it is about. it was about bringing us closer to each other and specially you know when we need. good luck with all that i should mention the book is called the corner of a dream which is a wonderful time to have to say thank you very much for being here with us for having you. have you ever told a white lawyer to be polite or to stop sabol being upset by the truth well jacob the lie about your dick becca 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 the soviet army is just a few quaters away pretty much coming. tells his friend what he's heard but he also makes it sound like the radio hits 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 ventura take it comes to defend his fake names isn't it enough for you that we have almost nothing

to eat that in winter one in 5 of us freezes to death but 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 baca spent his own childhood in a jewish ghetto and 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.

drew focus about the other 99 books on our list are all on the website at v.w. dot com slash look for 100 jumma 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 .

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