 «Qamar wa Sanabel», a palestinian musical
Marie Medina
The Wishah troupe has presented its new production «Qamar wa Sanabel» (moon and wheat) last summer in Ramallah. Inspired from true stories, this musical pays tribute to Palestinian popular memory.
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 Street art beyond folklore
Rim Mathlouthi
When we talk about street art in Morocco, Gnawa, storytellers and especially acrobats come to mind. There exists unique type of acrobatics that survives thanks to the will of families. It is an art that is rich of ancestral history.
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 Marie Ciosi: A visual artist of the Mediterranean chiaroscuro
Sarah Ben Ammar
Born in Algiers in 1948 from Corsican parents, Marie Ciosi grew up with the images of the Mediterranean. She immortalises these contrasting images in her work, which rich in multiple expressions. Let’s take a dive in her picturesque universe.
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 Khalas : a banquet for cats devoured by dogs
Youssef Bazzi
Khalas, by Burhan Alawiya, is a marriage of a “director’s movie”, which has long dominated Lebanese cinema, and a “producer’s movie”. The start of a new Lebanese cinema? |
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 Ebru : Reflections on Cultural Diversity in Turkey
To state that Turkey is a mosaic of culture is nothing else than cliché. Launching into reflecting this diversity in a book of photographs commented by several Turkish authors and thinkers was more of an impossible challenge. Yet, this is what Attila Durak, photographer, and Ayse Gül Altinay, Editor of the book, have just managed to do. |
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 Istanbul, at once a whore and a fairy tale
Catherine Cornet
In the Turkish film “Istanbul tales”, which is in competition at the MedfilmFestival of Rome, the city is both the protagonist and the narrator of the film. An interview with Screenwriter and Director Ümit Ünal on his fascination with this city, the difficulty of this exercise in style” and why Istanbul is both a beautiful woman and a whore... |
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 Yuba and its star
Born in the southern Morocco, Yuba sings exclusively in berber language.
After his first album Tawarqit (Rêve), and Itran Azal (Etoile le jour) created in 2005, he is now playing in Europe, from Hambourg to Paris.
A good occasion to discover a singer who has already conquered the berber public. |
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 The MiddleSea. Video installations by Zineb Sedira
Claudia Zanfi
Zineb Sedira, among other artists, has been involved in the international project Going Public’08 Port City Safari, organised by the Italian association AMAZE cultural lab, where she presented her recent videos.
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 The Comic Book Fever
Camille Soler
Long confined to children's books and a victim of censorship, the comic book is now taking off on the Southern side of the Mediterranean.
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 A plunge into Aurora Rumì’s aesthetics
Perrine Delangle
She shapes the portraits of her contemporaries through their poses rather than on their faces, within simplified almost schematic contexts. |
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 Slovenia: “Show your Face” – “Beyond and After” two strong contemporary creations
Together with Sites of Imagination, Two theatre contemporary creations will be shown in Ljubljana for a real festival of exciting and original productions. |
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 Mazen Kupti: Everything starts with a dream…
Alaa Ashkar
Mazen Kupti is a successful lawyer who defends the interests of Christian churches in the holly land. At first, there is no visible relation between his work and the art world…The dream of this well established Palestinian lawyer is though to bring to life, the first ever Palestinian national museum of contemporary art. The dream of an art passionate, owner of the biggest drawings collection of Palestinian fine art. |
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 The Trio Joubran
Hannane Bouzidi
We already heard Samir Joubran’s ‘oud and music in Ticket to Jerusalem or in the Original work by choreographers Fattoumi – Lamoureux. He’s realesing today his 4th CD “Randana” together with his two younger and talented brothers, Wissam and Adnan, who form “the Trio Joubran”. Their style, which consists of improvisations, Arabic original tunes and traditional themes simply enthralls. The complicity between these three brothers-musicians and their musical odes compel their audiences to recall Palestine, their homeland and inspiration, and a hope for a more peaceful world. |
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 Interview with film director and critic Engin Ayça
Nathalie Galesne
Interview with film director and critic Engin Ayça
Engin Ayça greets us in his flat, a welcoming home with a view on the Galata tower on one side, and the Golden Horn on the other. The walls are covered with drawings, paintings, photos and caricatures; the polished furniture and the cats dozing on the sofas are in tune with the old-fashioned atmosphere of this place, and with the warm hospitality he offers to guests. Engin’s good-nature is mitigated by his long white patriarchal beard. “For a long time I felt I was a complete European”, he reveals while pouring some delicious wine in our glasses. |
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