[caption id="attachment_55234760" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Front page of the embattled Turkish newspaper, Taraf, 22 October 2012.[/caption] Taraf [ta-RAF ] n. side, facet Taraf olmak [ta…

[caption id="attachment_55234669" align="alignnone" width="620"] (Photo credit: RICHMIX)[/caption] Algeria celebrates 50 years of independence this year. To mark this occasion, RICHMIX is hosting a…

[caption id="attachment_55234630" align="alignnone" width="613"] Screenshot from The Repentant, Merzak Allouache (2012)[/caption] The Repentant is an Algerian film directed by Merzak Allouache (Bab…

[caption id="attachment_55234587" align="aligncenter" width="640"] "The Machete", a new book from acclaimed Egyptian author Ahmed Towfik, is released this month. SOURCE: ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP/Getty…

[caption id="attachment_55234568" align="aligncenter" width="620"] One of the oldest stories in the collection, "House of Flesh" by Yusuf Idris, tells of the marriage of a widow to a blind Qu'ran…

[caption id="attachment_55234548" align="alignnone" width="620"] Screenshot from 5 Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi[/caption] The tiny Palestinian village of Bil’in has become the frontline…

[caption id="attachment_55234529" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Battle of Manzikert[/caption] Malazgirt [MA-laz-geert] n. (place name) Manzikert Who won the Battle of Manzikert, or Malazgirt,…

[caption id="attachment_55234456" align="alignnone" width="540"] Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi[/caption] Jerusalem is a beautiful, inspiring work, as much about communities and cultures, festivity…

[caption id="attachment_55234423" align="alignnone" width="620"] Neşet Ertaş, the Turkish folk music singer and lyrics writer.[/caption]Âşık [AA-sheuk] n. How the death of a famous…

[caption id="attachment_55234303" align="alignnone" width="620"] A community pose outside one of the Village Institutes, mid 1930s.[/caption]After its establishment, the Turkish Republic (under the…