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DI/VISIONS former venues
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BildMuseet Umea
of contemporary art and visual culture, arranges the project series Contemporary Arab Representations since 2001 (En, Du)
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International University of Andalusia (UNIA), Seville,
venue of the project Contemporary Arab Representations, 2001 (En, Spa)
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Solitude Palace, Stuttgart
- venue of the colloquium Contemporary aesthetic practices in the Arab world, 2002 (Ge, En)
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Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
promotes the study and knowledge of modern and contemporary art. Venue of the project series Contemporary Arab Representations, 2002 (Cata, Castell, En)
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Witte de With, Rotterdam
- museum of contemporary art, Venue of the project series Contemporary Arab Representations, 2002, 2003 (En)
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Hebbel am Ufer Theatre, Berlin
- venue of the project Middle East News on Culture and Politics, 2005-2006 (Ge, En)
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Networks and portals
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zenith online
The magazine zenith avoids the reporting of the quarrels and is focusing the all day life of the people from the countries of Northern Africa, Middle East, Mediterranean and Central Asia. (Ger)
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Nafas
This online magazine presents articles, information, and visual material on current art which has its point of origin or reference in the Islamic world. (En, Ger, Ara)
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Lisan.ch
Lisan is the first magazine about Arabic literature in German. (Ger)
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Qantara.de
The Internet portal Qantara.de represents the concerted effort of the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Center for Political Education), Deutsche Welle, the Goethe Institut and the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations) to promote dialogue with the Islamic world. (Ger, En, Turk, Ara)
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Islam.de
A website and internetforum with information about the Islamic world in Germany (Ger)
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Arab.net
aims to provide the most comprehensive online resource on the Arab world, primarily dealing with countries in the Middle East and North Africa (En)
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Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa)
The Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa) is an organization operating worldwide to promote artistic exchange and dialogue between civil societies and to provide information about foreign cultural policy. (Ger, En, Spain, Port)
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Palaestina.org
Homepage of the representation of Palestine in the German Federal Republic (Ger)
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Islam Research Directory
of the Goethe Institute is thus viewed as an instrument for the promotion of dialogue and as a network of research-institutes, journalists and politicians. (En, Ger)
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Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin (ZMO)
This is the only German research institute devoted to an interdisciplinary and comparative study of the Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast Asia from a historical perspective. (En, Ger, Ara)
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German-Arabic Society
The German-Arabic Society aims to extension the German-Arabic relationship in cultural and business exchange. (Ger)
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Art and culture
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Babelmed.net
is the leading independent website on Mediterranean issues. (En, Fr)
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Each city is different
Article by Rania Khalaff about travel writing as a contemporary genre in Arabic literature - came to the fore with a launch of two books published in 2006: Beirut shi mahal and Midad Al-Hiwar, by Youssef Rakha and Ibrahim Farghali, Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, June 2007 (En)
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Iraq's war reaches the arts world
Article about a multi-media exhibition in London which brings together the reflections of 25 international artists on Iraq. By Patrick Jackson, BBC NEWS On-line, May 2007 (En)
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Poetry is politics
Article: Tamim Al-Barghouti tells Amira Howeidy about the poetics of Arab identity. Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, May 2005 (En)
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A woman's world
Article about the Woman Film Festival in Egypt included a range of banned and risqué films, by Rania Khalaff, Al-ahram Weekly On-line, March 2007 (En)
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Seeing her
Article about the first Egyptian women film festival, on March 2007. By Mohamed El-Assyouti, Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, March 2007 (En)
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7. Beirut International Film Festival
Website of the 7th Beirut International Film Festival, October 2006 (En)
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Discover Islamic Art
is the first virtual exibition of Islamic art. By the museum with no frontiers (En, Spain, Fr, Ara)
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Al Jadid Magazine
a review and record of Arab culture and arts
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Institutes and organisations
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Institute of Geography
University of Mainz, Prof. Dr. Günter Meyer: head of the Centre for Research of the Arab World (CERAW) (Ger)
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Institute of Islam Research, FU Berlin
(Ger)
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Working group Middle East, Berlin
events, solidarity, literature (Ger)
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Jewish Voice for Freedom in Near East, Berlin
political activities, materials, events (Ger)
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Peace for Israel and Palestine
activities, news, reports, maps, films (Ger, En)
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Deutsch-Arabische Freundschaftsgesellschaft e.V.
events, media (Ger)
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Bundesverband der Syrer in Deutschland e.V.
information, news, community (Ger)
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Network of the German Peace Movement
head organisation for peace- and human rights working groups (Ger)
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Kompetenzzentrum Orient Okzident Mainz (KOOM)
Center of Intercultural Studies (Ger)
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DEHKHODA cultural organisation of Iran, Berlin
(Ger, Pers)
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