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  • Fans of Muslim Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan gather outside a cinema showing his latest blockbuster film "Dunki"
    Culture unites where politics divide

    Bollywood – bringing India and Pakistan closer together

    Indian movie stars, especially from Bollywood, have huge fan bases in Pakistan – despite the bitter political rivalry between the neighbouring nations. What's driving this popularity?

  • Bust of Khalil Gibran in his hometown of Bsharre, Lebanon
    Lebanon

    Khalil Gibran's hometown celebrates 'The Prophet' centennial

    Nestled in the mountains of northern Lebanon, a museum dedicated to Khalil Gibran in his hometown of Bsharre has been celebrating the centennial of "The Prophet", the renowned author's most famous work

  • Armenian genocide denial is a great and enduring lie by the Turkish state, characterised by ongoing violence and racism. Yavuz Ekinci takes up the subject in an unsparing and powerful novel: "Das ferne Dorf meiner Kindheit" – 'the distant village of my childhood'. Gerrit Wustmann read the book
    The deserted villages of the soul

    Yavuz Ekinci's new novel

    Armenian genocide denial is a great and enduring lie by the Turkish state, characterised by ongoing violence and racism. Yavuz Ekinci takes up the subject in an unsparing and powerful novel: "Das ferne Dorf meiner Kindheit" – 'the distant village of my childhood'. Gerrit Wustmann read the book

  • The Nile Project was a multinational music collective inspired by a river. It sang songs in a variety of styles and languages about life along and with the Nile. Like many projects in the region, it failed because of politics.
    Interlacing cultures

    Music of the Nile

    The Nile Project was a multinational music collective inspired by a river. It sang songs in a variety of styles and languages about life along and with the Nile. Like many projects in the region, it failed because of politics. By Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

  • The idea that Romani musicians have anything in common with their counterparts from Syria may seem far-fetched. Yet, listening to Taraf Syriana's debut album, it seems natural the two musical worlds blend effortlessly together.
    Romani-Syrian band Taraf Syriana

    Poignant cross-pollination

    The idea that Romani musicians have anything in common with their counterparts from Syria may seem far-fetched. Yet, listening to Taraf Syriana's debut album, it seems natural the two musical worlds blend effortlessly together. By Richard Marcus

  • Language develops in different areas of the brain. Researchers have been able to show that the way these are linked varies according to the respective native language – knowledge that could prove useful in the treatment of stroke patients, for instance.
    Language and language acquisition

    How the brain processes German and Arabic

    Language develops in different areas of the brain. Researchers have been able to show that the way these are linked varies according to the respective native language – knowledge that could prove useful. By Katrin Ewert

  • Caught between a vindictive Chinese state and Turkish police, Uighur booksellers are trying to preserve their language and culture.

    In Istanbul, the last Uighur bookshops struggle to survive

    Caught between a vindictive Chinese state and Turkish police, Uighur booksellers are trying to preserve their language and culture.

  • What does literature have to do with the Iran protests? It is a seismograph of societal developments. Reading books written by Iranian women authors over recent decades, you can plainly see the upheavals and eruptions growing larger and more forceful; you can see how much has been bottled up over time. It was very clear that at some point, all this would spark a revolution.
    Women's voices

    Iranian literature in times of uprising

    Young women are driving forward the protests against the Iranian regime, which have been going on for months. Literature provides clues as to why that should be, and why the current situation was unavoidable. By Gerrit Wustmann

  • Iranian literature in exile

    "A great demand for Persian books"

    Cologne-based publisher Anahita Redisiu sells Persian books that have been banned or censored in Iran. She regards the situation in Iran with concern and has harsh words for Germany's stance towards the Iranian regime. Gerrit Wustmann spoke to her about politics and literature

  • The Tuareg: literature, language and culture

    "The journey of the princess"

    The term "Tuareg" refers to tribes and nomads who speak dialects of Tuareg and live in Targa, an area in south-west Libya recently renamed Wadi Al-Hayat but previously known as Wadi Ajal. By Mustafa Abdullah Abdulrahman Bashir

  • What makes Rumi's verses so captivating, far beyond Sufi circles? Do we even understand him correctly, or are we in the West only scratching the surface?
    New release to mark 750th anniversary of Rumi's death

    Complete edition of the "Masnavi" in German

    For the first time ever, a complete edition of Rumi's "Masnavi" has been published in German in verse. At the Sufi Festival in Hamburg in late November, Marian Brehmer met translator Otto Hoeschle and spoke to him about the significance of this masterpiece of Islamic mysticism

  • Middle East literature

    Al Saqi, Europe’s largest Middle Eastern bookseller, to close

    London-based Al Saqi Books, Europe’s largest specialist bookseller for publications from the Middle East, has been forced to close because of the hike in prices of Arabic-language books and because Brexit has been "detrimental" to business

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