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Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt for others. Cesar Chavez

Sinan Antoon: ‘The Barbarian Who’s Keeping It Real’

TABSIR: A celebrated novelist, poet and filmmaker Sinan Antoon reflects on life in Iraq before and after the fall of Saddam Hussein…

DR MEHNAZ AFRIDI, CGNEWS: Our common links across faith and culture are clear from an exhibition of Byzantine culture …

SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: While arts from the Muslim world are widely celebrated in the West, they are less appreciated within umma. …

VIDEO: Will the Arab world take to Cohen's The Dictator, or will it complain as hard and as bitterly as Kazakhstan did over Borat?…

ROI BEN-YEHUDA, CGNEWS: Orphaned Land have built a huge support throughout the Middle East. So who are they? …

CROSSROADS ARABIA: Arrests of cultural figures, bans and now pharaonic statues covered in wax. …

MICHAEL FELSEN, CGNEWS: The writing of Anton Chekhov provides a picture of how Palestinians and Israelis will end their conflict…

THE VIEW FROM FEZ: Her photography has captured the imagination of people around the Arab world and beyond. She discusses her project. …

NADA AKL, CGNEWS: A project by an Iraqi Canadian photojournalist confronts cliche and stereotype …

SUSIE OF ARABIA: Three young American men have sought to confront the prejudice and assumptions that surround Saudi Arabia…

SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Such developments are the hidden gems of Muslim cultures today. The most powerful thing is its universality...…

KHALED DIAB, CGNEWS: East Jerusalem is undergoing a cultural renaissance but what will be the ultimate end? …