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Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel"

Speechless in the Age of Globalization

In his film "Babel," the Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu links together the fates of characters from the most varied cultural backgrounds. Suspenseful narrative cinema, says Amin Farzanefar
Artneuland Tel Aviv Project

Three Cultures under One Roof

Israeli artist and curator Yael Katz Ben Shalom opened the gallery Artneuland in Berlin to encourage dialog between Israelis and Arabs -- with the help of Germans. Igal Avidan reports
"Artists without Walls"

The Wall Jumpers

One people, two peoples, not a people at all? It's not easy, but the Israeli-Palestinian artist group "Artists without Walls" is trying out new forms of protest and of cooperation. By Charlotte Misselwitz
Arab Cinema

The Dawn of a New Documentary Film Culture

Whoever still thinks that film culture in the Arab World consists mostly of Egyptian soap operas or films for the intellectual elite has some catching up to do. During the past few years, Arab interest in documentary film has made significant strides. By Christina Förch
Roya Hakakian: "Journey from the Land of No"

Revolution as Love Affair

Due to political pressure, Roya Hakakian’s family was forced to leave Iran after the revolution of 1979. Today the Iranian-Jewish author lives in the USA and recently published a memoir of her childhood. Rasha Khayat reports on the book
Palestinian Soap Opera Put on Ice

Dull, Not Diverting

"Matabb", Palestine's first soap opera, highlights the trials and tribulations of everyday life and touches on a number of taboo issues. The original plan was to broadcast the serial's ten episodes, which were produced by the Goethe Institute in Ramallah, at the start of Ramadan. Alfred Hackensberger reports
Tirdad Zolghadr: "Softcore"

See Tehran and Die…

It's a well-established commonplace that a more discriminating image of Iran is something that is badly wanting. Writer and curator Tirdad Zolghadr has written a new novel set in Tehran, and given himself the starring role. It's a novel that overturns conventions. Perhaps too many of them, says Amin Farzanefar
Ibrahim Maalouf

Golden Boy between Paris and Beirut

The young Lebanese musician Ibrahim Maalouf has played trumpet for Amadou & Mariam, Lhasa and Bumcello, and has also enjoyed a brilliant classical career. On his debut album, Maalouf fuses oriental and electronic sounds into a unique musical language. Stefan Franzen met him in Marseille
Michel Kammoun's "Falafel"

A Summer Night in Lebanon

Director Michel Kammoun received nine awards for his film "Falafel", about the violent atmosphere in Beirut. Guylaine Tappaz spoke with him and saw the film
Copyright and the Arab Publisher

A Catch-22 Situation: Caught between Censorship and a Weak Book Market

What drives Arab publishers and cultural institutes to book piracy? Do they want to give Arab readers access to international literature or is it all just about the bottom line? Khaled Al-Maaly, a publisher who lives and works in Germany, relates his experiences