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Banipal Translation Prize 2021: Shortlist of 5

Organisers of the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation have announced this year’s shortlist. Three translators have made the shortlist for the first time in 2021: Sarah Enany (for Rasha Adly’s 'The Girl with the Braided Hair'), Sawad Hussain (for Shahla Ujayli’s 'A Bed for the King’s Daughter'), and Elisabeth Jaquette (for Dima Wannous’ 'The Frightened Ones').
Liberating Mosul from "Islamic State"

What has happened in Mosul since the operation to retake the city from the so-called "Islamic State" started in October? Photo essay by Nadine Berghausen
Greening tourism in the Arab world

E-buggies replace horse carts at Jordan's Petra

Horses and mules have long drawn tourist carriages through Jordan's ancient city of Petra, but animal rights concerns are driving a project to start replacing them with electric vehicles.
Kyrgyzstan – Between Marx and the market

China to the east, Russia to the north, Afghanistan to the south: in this geopolitical environment, Kyrgyzstan, which has been independent since 1991, is attempting to make progress – and is finding the going tough. By Marcel Fuerstenau
Countering Sudan’s coup: The United States faces a crucial test in Khartoum

Tens of thousands of Sudanese have taken to the streets to protest last month’s military coup. With support from its Middle Eastern and European allies, Washington can help them in their fight for democracy, argues Alex de Waal.
Berlin's Human Rights Film Festival

Celebrating International Human Rights Day with outstanding documentaries

To mark International Human Rights Day on 10 December, Berlin's Human Rights Film Festival is celebrating the 73rd birthday of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a series of film screenings and talks. Reserve your tickets now!
Environmental protection

Indonesia's 'Trash Library': Rubbish for books
Control and censorship in the Islamic Republic

Iran’s doctored schoolbooks and the disappearing girls

Since the beginning of the Islamic Republic, the guardians of the country’s religion have been battling to get the correct image of society and history into young people’s heads. But the battle seems to be an increasingly hopeless one. By Shabnam von Hein
Photo gallery: Unwelcome images of life in Tehran
Album review: Diali Cissokho and Kaira Baʹs "Routes"

Marrying music and culture

Diali Cissokho left his native Senegal for North Carolina years ago. Raised as a griot, one of the traditional musical story tellers and historians of West Africa, he wanted to continue playing music in his new home. It may have taken a while to find the musicians he was looking for but, writes Richard Marcus, it was worth the wait