Frankfurt Book Fair focuses on Arab world; participants hope to build bridges
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This year's Frankfurt Book Fair is focusing on the Arab world amid worries that the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq and war on terrorism have warped Western perceptions of Arab culture - something that participants ...
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A Friday vote was seen as a regional test for political Islam in the Arab world.
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Racism and religious intolerance are rising in Europe, with Muslims and Jews targeted in a misguided backlash against global terrorism and Middle East violence, delegates at an international conference on racism said.
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The Frankfurt Book Fair, the global publishing industry's biggest gathering, will open Wednesday and roll out the red carpet for Arab authors as the guests of honor at the 56th annual event.
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Two Arab-Americans have been hired to post on blogs and Internet forums in an effort to improve Americaâs image.
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This year's BookExpo America will be a true variety show, with speakers ranging from Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to novelist Ian McEwan to comedian Stephen Colbert.
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Will it be an Arab, a woman, a poet? The buzz mounted as the literary world played its annual guessing game of who would win the coveted Nobel Prize in literature this year, but no single author emerged a clear ...
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BEIRUT -- The kidnappings, beheadings, and explosions in Iraq, the killing of innocent children in Russia, and the car bombings in Turkey and Indonesia have sparked debate among Arab intellectuals on why the majority of terror acts have been committed by Muslims acting in the name of Islam.
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Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrial nations and about 20 Arab countries across North Africaand the Middle East are scheduled to meet on Saturday here to discuss reforms
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One of Asia's most prestigious book expos, the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival held next month, has found itself at the centre of a saga worthy of one of its featured novels.
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Hollywood, Bollywood and Arab stars descended on Dubai on Sunday for the start of a film festival that sees itself as a cultural bridge between the West and the Arab world.
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Publishers from Arab countries at the Frankfurt Book Fair have attracted criticism for their display of at least a dozen books with strong anti-Zionist themes.
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German-language papers welcome the Muslim initiative behind Sunday's anti-terror demonstration in Cologne. And France launches a seduction campaign.
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A school text book for Arab children in Israel has sparked an outcry among rightist Jews by including a reference for the first time to the Palestinian view of the Jewish state's founding as a "catastrophe".
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A documentary about Islam  and homosexuality is vying for attention at the Toronto  International Film Festival, where high-profile movies set in  the Middle East are already making a splash.
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Perceived changes in the political climate in the Middle East continue to dominate the attention of papers in Europe.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder appealed tolerance and understanding towards the Arab world on Tuesday.