The primary factor of DIE ZEIT gave the impression in 1946. We have a good time with other folks, issues and concepts which can be as outdated as we’re – and nonetheless transfer the arena these days.
DIE ZEIT: Mr. Shami, you have been born in Damascus in 1946, however you may have been in Germany for the longest time for your existence, since 1971. I suppose that you’ve been dreaming in German for a very long time?
Rafik Shami: For a very long time, I best get up when my mom speaks German in my desires.
TIME: Why?
Shami: I do know in my dream that it can’t be true. My mom spoke Aramaic and Arabic, and the mummy tongue could be very deeply etched within the mind. That is the restrict of desires and myth.