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The ways out of foreign countries have many shades. On the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8, seven women from different different cultures, continents and mother tongues read tragic, weird, political, and absurd texts that make diversity come alive.



We are.
We are women.
Are migrants, are foreign, are old, are invisible, are out of place,
exploited and devalued. Are overlooked and approached.
We are women.
Are self-determined and independent, pretty, sexy, motherly, knowing,
are multi-faceted. We are ageless and present, we are!
Women.


The event will be moderated by Miki Goldberg and Gurbet Yasemin Şen.

Miki Goldberg, born in West Berlin, lived in other countries and cities As a fourth-generation Berliner, she now lives in Berlin again. A state-certified artist in her first profession, she travelled for ten years as a performer and dancer in the independent scene, touring Tanzania, Italy, the Netherlands and Brazil, among other places. At the age of thirty, she changed careers and has since worked as a couples and gender psychotherapist. She writes specialised articles, short prose and is a member of the Autorenforum Berlin. As a fourth-generation Berliner, she lives in Berlin again. Her second volume of poetry, Disteln küssen, was published in 2024. (dahlemer-veragsanstalt), in 2025 one of her short stories will be published in TransLit2.

Gurbet Yasemin Şen is a Berlin writer with Turkish roots.
Although she started writing in her early childhood, she has only been publishing her texts for two years. During this time, she has won several poetry slams, participated in a reading by Daughters&Sons of Gastarbeiters as a guest reader and co-organised two readings at the Autorenforum, where she also read herself. She has been a scholarship holder of the Berlin writers' school Schreibhain since 2024 and a member of the Autorenforum Berlin since 2025.

Ute Francesca Kannenberg Born in East Berlin in 1941, fled to West Berlin in 1961. Hit/pop singer on television, left, then studied social pedagogy/music/psychology in Berlin. Work with prisoners, drug addicts, prostitutes, homeless people. Involvement in the culture/women's centre ‘Pelze’ Berlin. Theatre work ‘Zan Pollo Theater’ Berlin and with George Tabori Munich Kammerspiele. Initiated her own jazz/soul/rock band projects, record/CD productions. Contributions to books ‘Venus Weltklang’, ‘Rote Lippen’, audio book ‘M'Hashish’, travelling to Africa, Asia, Europe. Travelling in the desert. Writes poetry and short stories...

Nadiia Kulish comes from Ukraine, has been in Berlin since 2022 and works for the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. She also loves creative writing and has already published a book of poetry. She has a young daughter, Sofia. Her family is in Ukraine, where they spent a long time without food in a cellar and lost everything.

Daria Py is 18 years old and lives in Berlin. Her family comes from the Ukraine, where Daria has never lived, but where she has spent a lot of time. After a gap year, she would like to study art. Daria has always been interested in writing poetry and drawing. She also enjoys playing the violin and cooking in her free time.

Natalia Serebryakova, born in 1978, comes from Bilopillya in the Sumy region of Ukraine. She writes for Ukrainian magazines such as Korydor.in.ua, DTF-Magazine, SKVOT, Cineuropa.org and Cargo. As a curator, she is organising the Kyiv Critic's Week 2018, the Scanorama Film Festival and the Ukrainian Days in ‘La Cinematheque Francaise’ 2022.


Maja Kersting lives, works and writes in Berlin, sometimes on the train or on a Hollywood swing. In her literary writing, she is particularly interested in people in situations in which they are thrown back on themselves.


Slavica Klimkowsky lives and works as a freelance writer, translator, creative writing lecturer and literary mediator in Berlin. She has received many awards for her literature in simple language as well as for her short prose and poetry, and her texts deal with the complexity of human characters and life paths. She has been writing reviews, essays, poetry and short prose and publishing in anthologies since her student days.
She is a member of Autorenforum Berlin e.V., Verband deutscher Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller VS, Bücherfrauen, Mörderische Schwestern, editor of two anthologies and co-author of two mosaic novels. She regularly organises and hosts readings at a public reading stage. Slavica Klimkowsky enjoys working with international colleagues on projects that bring together different languages and cultures.


Rita Huni Kuin celebrates the culture and ancestry of the Amazon forest while empowering indigenous women and youth. A self-taught painter with a degree in education, she expresses the heritage of her people, the indigenous Huni Kuin, through MAHKU - the Huni Kuin Artists' Movement. Her works, inspired by the myths, songs and prayers of her community, show their worldview and connection to nature.

Born in the village of Chico Curumim in the Brazilian state of Acre, Rita was a co-founder of the Kayatibu group, a collective that unites indigenous youth through art and music. Her art, deeply rooted in the teachings of the forest, emphasises the empowerment of women and indigenous culture, questions social paradigms and builds a bridge between tradition and contemporary issues.
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Participating artists
Miki Goldberg
Gurbet Yasemin Şen
Dates
March 2025
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