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"Sabah" by Ruba Nadda

Unveiling a Passion for Life

Love has the ability to transcend cultural barriers. This is the message of the highly amusing, touching, and romantic film "Sabah" by Syrian-Canadian director Ruba Nadda. A review by Fahimeh Farsaie
Abbas Beydoun

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

"Dear Michael, no one here will say that the Americans liberated Iraq as they did Germany, despite the many similarities", writes Abbas Beydoun, Lebanese writer, in his final letter to his German colleague Michael Kleeberg.
Portrait: the Israeli Singer-Songwriter Ofer Golany

Conspiracy of Love

In his teens, Ofer Golany voluntarily served an extra year in the Israeli army after the standard three. Now, however, the Israeli singer-songwriter and peace campaigner has initiated an anti-militarist project called "Guns 2 Guitars". Martina Sabra met up with the activist and artist
Documentary Film: "Telling Strings"

Living on Islands

The Palestinian singer and oud player Kamilya Joubran came to international fame with the folk music group Sabreen from East Jerusalem. Together with the Swiss film-maker Anne-Marie Haller, Joubran has made a film about her family in Israel. Martina Sabra saw the film and found it both moving and well worth watching
"Shahida – Brides of Allah"

An Israeli View of Female Palestinian Terrorists

Over a period of two years, the Israeli director Natalie Assouline visited Palestinian women who were imprisoned after failed suicide attacks in Israel. The result is a moving film full of contradictions; Igal Avidan has seen it
Media Users of Turkish Origin in Germany

Right or Left Leg?

Almost three million people of Turkish origin live in Germany. Despite the fact that a recent integration study suggests that they are not as well integrated as other migrant groups, Germany doesn't really have a parallel Turkish society. By Andreas Wirwalski
Missionary Work in the Sudan

With Charm, Bible and Koran

Missionaries in the Sudan are striving to convert Muslims to Christianity, notwithstanding all obstacles. Since the end of the civil war Muslim groups have also started a mission in the Christian south. Marc Engelhardt reports
Bishop Margot Käßmann

No Integration without Common Values

Bishop Margot Käßmann of the Lutheran church in the German state of Lower Saxony argues that young German Muslims will have an influence on the nature of European Islam. Peter Philipp spoke to her
"Next Stop Denmark"

Strained Efforts to Bridge the Gap

In trying to shake off the negative image caused by the caricature row, the Danish Foreign Ministry has invited 42 young Muslims for a dialogue programme – a programme which included a visit at Jyllands-Posten. Seda Sadar reports
Volker Perthes' "Oriental Promenades"

On Conflicts within the Arab-Muslim Culture

In his book "Oriental Promenades" Volker Perthes describes encounters in the Middle East with political cadres and religious dignitaries, with social activists and people on the street - always at eye level and never overbearing. Beate Hinrichs reports