In 2011 and 2013, two major cities in the Islamic world were rocked by popular unrest. The extended demonstrations seemed to usher in a new culture of protest. In this two-part report, Amin Farzanefar looks at how the art and music scenes changed in Cairo and Istanbul as a result of these protests
In "Climates", the formal aspects recall Angelopoulos, the themes Bergmann and Antonioni. But is Nuri Bilge Ceylan really on par with cinema's greatest directors? Amin Farzanefar takes a look at the aesthetic realm in the films of the Turkish director
Emotions are running high in Turkey due to a new television series that supposedly paints an embarrassing picture of the private life of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I, thus tarnishing the image of the Ottoman Empire. Jürgen Gottschlich in Istanbul has the details
Good news from the West Bank is rare. But at last there is some: Ramallah is celebrating the opening of a new "Drama Academy", a unique drama school project in the Palestinian territories. Ruth Kinet reports
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