Barakat is Algerian director Djamila Sahraoui's first full-length film. The movie is set in the Algeria of the 1990s, when a bloody war raged between Muslim extremists and the army.
The world is in the grip of fear. According to the compilers of Culture of Hope, however, there is true hope in the life of many people in regions where living conditions are difficult.
In 'The Argumentative Indian' the Indian philosopher and Nobel price winning economist Amartya Sen argues that cultural traditions contributed to the development of democracy in India.
Hema Ramakrishna’s recently published English play 'Sanctuary!' is her interpretation of scenes from the Indian epic Ramayana. Plurality and the constant questioning of previous characterizations are central to the Ramayana tradition.