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  • Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2021.
    Literary power politics

    Spotlight on the UAE's 30th Abu Dhabi Book Fair

    They’ve already got the Louvre; they’ll soon have a Guggenheim Museum as well – and now the Emirates have added literature to their quest for cultural supremacy in the Arab world. Stefan Weidner reports from Abu Dhabi, from the first book fair of this year to take place in person

  • Habermas, the Sheikh Zayed Award and Arab reactions

    Habermas and the contradictions of the Arab intellectual

    Uproar, fuss and mutual accusation: following the German philosopher Juergen Habermas' rejection of the 2021 Sheikh Zayed Book Award, the social media posts by those involved in the Arabic cultural scene covered a broad spectrum. Islam Anwar takes a look for Qantara

  • German angst and the Sheikh Zayed Book Award

    Habermas, philosopher of communication, rejects dialogue

    Philosopher Juergen Habermas was due to be awarded a major Arab prize in Abu Dhabi, but has turned it down following criticism. This decision torpedoes Arab efforts at a substantive cultural dialogue and exposes the West’s moral hubris, says Stefan Weidner

  • Having lived through the Nazi regime, Habermas was inspired to embolden democracy in Europe and the world.
    Sheikh Zayed Book Award

    Why has Juergen Habermas rejected a prize from the UAE?

    At nearly 92, Juergen Habermas is still advocating for a robust and transparent civil society. Now Germany's greatest living intellectual has rejected a book award from the United Arab Emirates. Stuart Braun has the details

  • Juergen Habermas awarded Kluge Prize for Philosophy

    ″Asylum is a human right″

    What holds society together and what's our role in it? Philosophers Juergen Habermas and Charles Taylor have recently been honoured in the US for their work on these issues. By Klaus Kraemer and Stefan Reccius

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