Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak refuses to choose

February 2005 -

The Turkish author Elif Shafak (1971) refuses to choose between East and West. In her essay that looks at Turkey as the country on the threshold between East and West, she maintains that this is just what the artist should do - stand right on the threshold. She presented her essay 'The Gathering-place of the Djinni' recently at the tenth Winternachten festival of international literature at The Hague.

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Elif Shafak: The gathering place of the djinni

February 2005 -

One can be multicultural, multilingual and yes, multifaith. Writing fiction necessitates thresholds. Literature thrives upon the desire to transcend, to move far beyond our boundaries 'be it in terms of national, ethnic or religious or gender identities. The ability to transform, to be as flexible and fluid as water, to step onto the thresholds...

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