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Berlin’s 9th International Literature Festival offers up a fascinating array of talks and readings this month by writers and thinkers from across the world. Here’s our guide to this year’s must-see events.
Also on the 10th at 19:30 is an event with this year’s International Prize for Arabic Fiction winner Youssef Ziedan, whose remarkable novel Azazil is a fictional autobiography of an Egyptian Christian monk living in the 5th century, right before the schism between the major churches. 
Randa Jarrar, whose debut novel Map of Home tells the story of a rebellious young women who spent her childhood in Kuwait, Egypt and finally the United States. On September 17 at 21:00, Austrian-American writer John Wray, whom Granta magazine named one of the best American novelists under the age of 35 in 2007, presents his new book Lowboy, which he wrote, in large part, while riding the New York subway. And finally, on September 18 at 16:00, Irish-American writer Colum McCann and Kenyan-American author Binyavanga Wainaina get together to discuss our changing world and its relationship to the recently reignited discussion about values.
Want to move to Germany but haven’t figured out the details? Check out Expatica’s overview of the German permit system.
In part one of our two part series, we cover the driving culture in Berlin, where to park and buy gas and, most importantly, the laws.
Our comprehensive guide includes information on how to find work, recruitment agencies, employment contracts and labour law.
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