At around noon on March 20 last year, Air Force One landed at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport for Barack Obama’s first presidential visit to Israel. The three-day trip had been billed as an Israeli resetthe newly reelected president’s bid for a clean slate with the Jewish state after four years of icy relations. Obama […]
Jordan times : Jordanian filmmaker Naji Abu Nowar won the Orizzonti Award for Best Director for his film “Theeb” on Saturday at the 71st Venice Film Festival, according to the festival’s official Twitter page. The 100-minute narrative feature is set in 1916 in a far-flung corner of the Ottoman Empire during the Great Arab revolt, […]
Poèmes ancestraux en arabe soutenu, musique contemporaine et voix touchante : trois ingrédients qui ont fait le succès du Saoudien Abdel-Rahmane Mohamad. Il s’est notamment fait connaître grâce à Youtube. Ecouter : Abdel-Rahman Mohamed Ya man Hawah – يا من هواه اعزه و اذلني
Un concours mondial Arabs Group Awards qui récompense les talents arabes dans divers domaines dont les sciences, l’architecture, l’art ou encore l’industrie du tourisme, a récemment décerné à l’unanimité le prix du “meilleur médecin dans le monde” à la Marocaine Rajae Ghanimi, samedi 30 août 2014 à Londres.
Nombreux sont venus partager ce moment convivial « Après la rupture du Jeune » au Musée Ariana à l’occasion de l’exposition « Terres d’Islam »
31/8/14 The Civil Administration declared 4,000 dunams (990 acres) as State Land near the settlement of Gva’ot west of Bethlehem. As far as we know, this declaration is unprecedented in its scope since the 1980’s and can dramatically change the reality in the Gush Etzion and the Bethlehem area. For an explanation about state land […]
The Swiss Peace Foundation is a practice-oriented peace research institute. We analyze the causes of violent conflicts and develop strategies for their peaceful transformation. Please find the last Koff Newsletter – No. 130, September 2014 Press Freedom and Peacebuilding
From approximately 1975 through 1987 Naji Al-Ali created cartoons that depict the complexities of the plight of Palestinian refugees. These cartoons are still relevant today and Handala, the refugee child who is present in every cartoon, remains a potent symbol of the struggle of the Palestinian people for justice and self-determination. Handala home-page
« J’ai dû en franchir des barrières, des murs, des frontières, des pays, des préjugés et les aspects plus ou moins avoués du machisme. » Reporter, écrivaine et photographe, Laurence Deonna s’inscrit dans la lignée des grandes voyageuses : Isabelle Eberhardt, Ella Maillart, Anne-Marie Schwarzenbach. Née en 1937, elle leur succède. Autre temps. Autre parcours […]
Maps can be a powerful tool for understanding the world, particularly the Middle East, a place in many ways shaped by changing political borders and demographics. Here are 40 maps crucial for understanding the Middle East — its history, its present, and some of the most important stories in the region today.