Culture

André Azoulay underlined Morocco's crucial role in promoting dialogue, tolerance and peaceful coexistence between cultures and religions
International symposium in Essaouira calls for making cultural diversity catalyst for peace
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“The Other Americans”, a national bestseller in the US and a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and the National Book Award in Fiction.
"The Other Americans" by Laila Lalami raises the questions of integrity, belonging
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A source of joy
Benghazi hosts a rare week of culture
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Only one novel per participating country will be chosen
Three Tunisian novels in shortlist of EU literature prize
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Orthodox clergymen hold candles lit from fire of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Holy Fire lit in near-empty Jerusalem church
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Muezzins, who call Muslims to prayer, pose for a picture at the Umayyad Mosque in the ancient quarters of Damascus
Group prayer call at Syrian mosque 'runs in the blood'
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A street vendor holds a bottle of legmi, a coveted date palm drink, in the southwestern Tunisian town of Gabes
Legmi: Tunisia's delicate date palm drink
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Moroccan potter Fatima Harama from the M'tioua tribe works on pottery near the village of Ourtzagh
Social media rescues Morocco's last female potters
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Jewish pilgrims light candles on the first day of the annual pilgrimage to the El Ghriba Synagogue
Muslims pray alongside Jews at Africa's oldest synagogue
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Sabiha Ayari, a Tunisian potter in her fifties, works in the village of Sejnane
Tunisian potters pass on ancestral know-how
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Libyan businessman Mustafa Iskandar is seen at his art gallery and cultural centre in the old city of Tripoli
Tripoli gallery celebrates culture despite war, neglect
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Picture taken on March 8, 2019 shows the Baehler building, dating to 1929, in the Egyptian capital Cairo's downtown district.
Downtown Cairo battles to keep heritage alive
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Patrons sit outside Hassan Ajami cafe in al-Rasheed street, the oldest street in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 2, 2019.
Historic Baghdad boulevard falling into ruin
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An Iraqi man looks at paintings on January 29, 2019 at a contemporary art exhibition at one of the halls of the national museum of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
With ancient treasures destroyed by IS, Mosul museum hosts modern art
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Tunisian tattoo artist Fawez Zahmoul removes a tattoo from his client in his school on November 8, 2018 in Tunis.
Long despised, tattoos emerge from shadows in Tunisia
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Shadi al-Hallaq, a puppeteer, is seen next to a disabled child during a performance in Damascus, Syria December 3, 2018.
Syria's last shadow puppeteer hopes to save his art
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