Culture
An Intriguing Tale of Faith
Of God and Men, titled Des hommes et des dieux originally in French, is a drama based on a true story. One of the most critically acclaimed movies of 2010, the movie is set in a small picturesque village in the northern mountains of Algeria. The movie narrates the events in the lives of six […]
Turko-Persian Spring of Islamic Art
Orhan Pamuk’s ‘My Name is Red’ is a refrabicated history (history told through the medium of novel) about the commissioning of caricaturists to illustrate classical works. The book narrates a time in the history of Turkey, namely the 16th century, which was kept apart by the avid focus at that time on painting. Sultan Murat […]
The Blend of Europe and Islam
Intercultural sharing between two communities is nowhere more explicit than in the cultural products of a region where two groups lived together for a long period of time. In art and architecture, we tend to fuse two streams of influences together as in Indo-Sarasan, Indo-Persian etc. In an era which was characterized by mutual rivalry […]
Sacrificing the Self
Review on Semih Kaplanoglu’s ‘Yumurta’ A film structured on a loose storyline that has a running time of an hour and a half does not appear to offer much by way of a spellbinding cinematic effect. Yes, we want frames to get married to one another and lead a logical narrative life from the moment […]
Song of the Mountains
Zain Bhikha remembers an encounter with an old man he met on his way from Medina to Mecca. He told Zain: Are not you a famed singer? Please write for me a lyric about Messenger Muhammad and sing it?’ ‘Insha Allah (God willing),’ he answered. Just before he left for his homeland, he was feeding […]
Lamb Couscous; or Africa meets Arabia
In lamb couscous, Arabia and Africa meet. Lamb is one of the integral items in a standard Arabian dish. The importance of mutton as a specially prepared dish can be established from various sayings of Prophet Muhammad especially the one that he himself preferred the thigh of lamb among his delicacies. Couscous is a staple […]
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