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    About Fikrun

     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.
    Ilija Trojanow in Allahabad, India. © Photo: Thomas Dorn

    The Art of Travelling

    ‘The man who loves his homeland is still a tender beginner; the man who loves every part of the earth as if it were his native home has come a long way; but only the man for whom the whole world has become a foreign land is truly mature.’ – Hugh of St Victor, Christian theologian (c. 10971141)More ...
    Holiday apartments, Altea Costa Blanca, Spain. © Photo: Holert/Terkessidis

    Migrants and Tourists

    The Similarities between Travel for Pleasure and Travel out of Necessity.More ...
    Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Kabul 1939. © Photo: Unknown. From the book Unsterbliches Blau (Immortal Blue), Scheidegger & Spiess, Zürich 2003.

    The Imponderability of Travelling – From Iran to Afghanistan

    ‘Our life is like a journey …’, and so for me a journey seems to be more a concentrated reflection of our existence than an adventure and excursion into unfamiliar realms.More ...
    © Photo: Guy Helminger

    The Road to Kangaba

    Travelling in Mali.More ...
    © Photo: Santiago Sierraak

    The Art of Travelling

    A conversation with the philosopher and writer Alain de Botton about the pressure of expectation, the north-south divide, and being disappointed in the Grand Canyon.More ...

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