100 german must raise the issue. of fairness 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 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. a state responsibility global responsibility the if i may say is our fault as generation because we were too much patient we are our generation we. are in general we had to have him up a friend of the math. misplay said 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 it is painful for the nations i assume i say. the shame 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 the most my 1st is

we would go on we would try to meet the day major and there to improve the safety of these churches. venice is also famous for its art its museums and its theatres performances at the world famous laughing opera house were cancelled to carry out necessary repairs. the buildings electrical and heating systems were severely damaged by flooding leaving laughing in opera. the opera houses superintendent fortunato or tom 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 all of a sudden to replace the electricity as it was before the wonderful thing it remains is just 104 hollows abandoned

and ever even the most beautiful hollows is when you abandon they collapse lower water levels are expected soon but the damage will take much longer to repair. and will keep an eye on that story now my guest in a minute is buy 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. professor 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 borrowed from centuries of islamic art history. the work started as

a protest against the brutality of egypt's failed revolution in 2013 job explain to a 1000 nose 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 to steer think that the 1st. and years later she is still saying no showing her works at galleries spraying walls wherever she goes with messages of protest. and by his shihab i speak for. drugs. you're here invited for a few days have you done that is spread out yet not is this would you like to him that i've been to the warden last year but i haven't done anything at luke no i wasn't suggesting you should think of me but 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 know i wonder if you could tell us what what were your feelings 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 to you 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 only about 3 then because can you verify that i created a ledge of an event to somebody who speaks arabic i'm trying to push because they're seeing. i'm trying to push i recount if it's calligraphic past 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 a quick footing and if you are having conversations about from a colonized and the colonizer it's never equal and so it's the kind of dialogue that to be able to have is. that of respect but it's x. colonies not i was you know. let's talk about a place. you know you'll hear. on the invitation of the barenboim side academy now i should explain a little bit about them daniel barenboim and would saeed famously created the west

east and ivana history which brings israeli and palestinian musicians together encounter jane coexistence through music you we've taught you you're a wordsmith what do you not 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 at and tightened 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 research 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 then i tense the nation 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 books are the poems that i've painted in different . 50th around the word by by the word the words of mahmoud that reese now these

these pictures which we are seeing there for some time but your street by its nature gets a raised quite quickly. does that both of you or do i start out she passed over it or 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 it doesn't bother you to like i just i'm fascinated by st office 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 feel street 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 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 i thought those in there 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 know 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 his 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 the lie about your dick becca takes that premise quite a bit 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 salvation army is just a few quaters away it's coming. jacob 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 names isn't it enough for you that we have almost nothing to eat but 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 baca 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 photos 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 folks about the other 99 books on the list are all on the website at d w dot com slash look for 100 jumma must read lots of other cultural stories around the welcoming from there as well but that's it for now bob i'm join his against.

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