Culture and conflict

Pop music from Iran: both ordinary and unusual

April 2010 -

Rather quickly after the Iranian revolution, there was a genuine revival of classical music from Iran. Of course, there is also pop music in Iran, but people are less familiar with it. But that is about to change.

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Son of Babylon: a plea for mutual understanding

March 2010 -

When Mohamed Al-Daradji returned to his native Iraq shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein, he was filled with desire for revenge. He incorporated his emotions in a film in which, surpisingly, mutual understanding is the theme.

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Widespread condemnation closure photo exhibition in Bangladesh

March 2010 -

Shahidul Alam is a photo journalist and a human rights activist in Bangladesh. A day after the police made the opening of his exhibition Crossfire impossible he wrote a personal report for the Power of Culture.

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Emotional theatre show in Rwanda

November 2009 -

"The Monument lasts for only 70 minutes, but after it has ended some spectators are so emotional that they stay after the show to discuss it for up to three hours," says Jennifer Capraru, the director of the play that is being performed in Rwanda.

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Njabulo Ndebele: "Celebrating difference might hide realities of inter-cultural contact"

October 2009 -

The South African novelist and academic foresees troubling times ahead in his country. He is an advocateof dealing carefully with  cultural diversity, now that South-Africa is still in a period of transition.

 

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Sudanese theatre on violence and responsibility

October 2009 -

What do you do if you suddenly wake up after sleeping in a cave for 309 years? That is what happens to the characters in Walid Al Alphy's stage play People of the cave, performed on 25 September 2009 in the Rotterdam theatre.

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My plan for Jerusalem

September 2009 -

Composer Merlijn Twaalfhoven gives an impression of his experiences during the preparation of a project in East Jerusalem.

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Tenzin Tsundue writes poetry for freedom

August 2009 -

With his poems, essays and short stories, the Tibetan poet-activist voices the outrage of the Tibetan refugees in India about the situation in their country of origin.

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Odile Katese: "Rwanda needs art so that it can dream again"

July 2009 -

The Rwandan author, actress and director likes to think big. Her dream: creating a culture of hope and happiness in Rwanda.

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Drumming amazons

June 2009 -

For The Power of Culture, Koulsy Lamko made a personal, literary portrait of the Rwandese women's drum group Ingoma Nsyha.

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