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Fikrun wa Fann is a cultural magazine that encourages and makes a contribution towards shaping cultural exchange between Germany and Islam-orientated cultural groups. Authors from Germany, Europe and the Islamic world have their say alongside other international voices. In addition to information and dialogue with and within Islam-orientated countries, Fikrun wa Fann also offers a literary forum for current socio-political debates.

Mediator Between Orient and Occident

"For me, art and design are weapons one must use to fight against war", says Rayan Abdullah.More ...

What Are the Lessons of documenta 12?
Reflections from the Viewpoint of a Postmodern Artist

"You arrive in the heart of Germany, just to read the word "art" under your own shadow." Du kommst zum Herzen Deutschlands, nur um das Wort Kunst unter deinem eigenen Schatten zu lesen." These German letters shine - with a knowing wink - at the visitor, who may well have made a long journey to come here, when he places himself in the cone of light of a stripped-down installation in the Neue Galerie, one of five exhibition locations. Even though this work by the Chilean artist Gonzalo Díaz is one of the few humorous and self-ironic contributions to the 100-Day Museum, this spectacle that takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany, presents itself nonetheless in a mostly light-hearted vein. By Tim Otto Roth More ...

A Museum to Promote International Understanding

Logo "Museum ohne Grenzen"
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The "Museum With No Frontiers" is the largest - and most convenient - museum in the world. It is open 24 hours a day, and doesn't even charge for admission. Anyone can go online and view 18 exhibitions from 14 countries, click their way from Islamic art to Arabic calligraphy and stroll along the exhibition trails. This article contains an interview with the museum's founder, Eva Schubert.More ...

“Art is a universal language”

The works of the painter and sculptor Heinz Mack bear tribute to his very individual approach to the links between the “Orient and the Occident”. The audience likes them, both in Berlin and Tehran. By Linny BieberMore ...