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Beirut DC, a film co-operative founded in 1999, seeks to make independent Arab author cinema more widely known, among other things via "Ayyam Beirut", the Arab Film Festival that recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. Mona Sarkis talked to Eliane Raheb
Running to 2500 pages in the original version, Abdalrachman Munif's five-volume novel cycle Cities of Salt is one of the cornerstones of Arab literature and a subversive chronicle of Saudi Arabia. Angela Schader introduces the novel cycle and publication of the final volume, Variations on Night and Day
Hassan Hanafi is known to be a severe critic of globalization. According to the professor of philosophy at the University of Cairo the phenomenon has no positive aspects at all
Despite his literary transformation, the Lebanese writer Raschid al-Daif can still see the horrors of his country's civil war clearly in his mind's eye. Katja Brinkmann reports on the life and work of this author
Despite his literary transformation, the Lebanese writer Raschid al-Daif can still see the horrors of his country's civil war clearly in his mind's eye. Katja Brinkmann reports on the life and work of this author