'The Strangers'

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Ayaz Shah talks about the novel 'The Strangers', which gives an insight into what it meant to come to Denmark as a guest worker in the late 1960 s. Ayaz Shahis a Danish-Pashtun author and actor, who with the novel "The Strangers" provides a fictional literary look at the guest workers' stories of coming to Denmark in the late 1960 s. Museum curator at the Immigrant Museum Emma Barnhøj Jeppesen gives an introduction to the topic before the lecture."The year is 1968. Bacha and his cousins are among the first wave of foreign workers in Denmark. This is in no way their self-understanding. They are adventurers in search of personal fulfillment."They are colorful and seek the boundaries of their own individuality in a society that is far from their own. Ingrid and Tove were born and raised in Copenhagen, but the dream of adventure lives with them too. Everyone is curious about the others, the strangers. The meeting has greater consequences than they could have dreamed of. How far are they willing to compromise to adapt? - Date: 6 October 2026 - Time: 16:30–18:00 - Venue: Farum Bibliotek & Borgerservice, Farum - Address: Kulturtorvet 12, Farum, Denmark - Admission: Free