Almir Bašović: the essence of theatre is that the other is not an enemy

In an interview with Al Majalla, the renowned Bosnian playwright discusses the relationship between art and memory and the role of the intellectual in the public sphere

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush

The Christian Origins of Mothering Sunday

[caption id="attachment_55253105" align="aligncenter" width="3651"] Rose window stained glass in the San Camillo Church in Milano, Italy. This wonderful "gothic rosone" was created by an anonymous…

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Making Syria’s ‘Cries’ heard

[caption id="attachment_55253103" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 07: President, HBO Documentary Films Sheila Nevins introduces the New York Premiere of Cries From Syria at…

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Baghdad — A City in Verse

by Joseph Braude* Iraq’s 1,251-year-old capital was built by a Muslim empire that held the torch of civilization in the eighth and ninth centuries of the Common Era. In the thirteenth century…

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'Speed Sisters' of the West Bank

[caption id="attachment_55252928" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] DOHA, QATAR - Mona Ennab, Maysoon Jayyusi, director Amber Fares, Noor Daoud, Betty Saadeh and Marah Zahalka attend the Opening…

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A Future of the English-Speaking Peoples

[caption id="attachment_55252914" align="aligncenter" width="2764"] War and Conflict, World War II, Political Personalities, pic: 4th July 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill leaving No 10…

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