Mati Shemoelof

Mati Shemoelof is an award-winning writer, poet, activist, author, and curator. He already published eleven books both in Israel and Germany including seven poetry books.
His writing is diverse. It includes fiction, poetry, plays, articles, texts for art exhibitions, short stories, and more. His first publication in Germany was a bilingual edition of his poems "Baghdad | Haifa | Berlin'' [AphorismA Verlag, 2019].
His second publication in Germany "Das kleine Boot in meiner Hand nenn ich Narbe: Gedichte" (Parasitenpresse, 2023). In Berlin he co-founded the “Poetic Hafla” group that created literary & performances events. He also co-founded “Anu אנו نحن: Jews and Arabs writing in Berlin”.
He won a grant from the Berlin’s senate to co-curate a four-day bi-national Arab-Jewish festival about the Middle East Union: https://middle-east-union.de/en/ His artistic site: https://mati-s.com