Column: Kalimat

Kalimat

Kalimat Magazine is committed to rejuvenating Arabic culture by providing an outlet for political, cultural and social expression within the Arab region and its Diaspora. At the same time, it is a visual communication tool that serves to change Western perception of Arabs.
Kalimat's music playlist

Kalimat's music playlist

Every issue, we provide Kalimat’s staff and contributors with a theme and they are asked to submit a song by an Arab artist based on the theme and the reason why they chose it. This issue’s theme is “Distance”.
Travel: A Day in Cairo

Travel: A Day in Cairo

Try as one might, it’s quite difficult to be able to claim to know the city of Cairo thoroughly, regardless of how long one lives here. There are too many neighbourhoods, ever changing, sprawled across the seemingly infinite area that composes...
Film: Teta Alf Marra review

Film: Teta Alf Marra review

I've been following “Teta Alf Marra” since the 2010 Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF); this is a long, protracted story. My mother called to tell me she had watched this great film and that I had to see it. She said it was about...
Reality check: Turco-Arab Relations

Reality check: Turco-Arab Relations

Holding both nationalities and having lived in both Turkish and Arab societies, I believe gives me a unique view on Turco-Arab relations. Though I am critical of the AKP party in the following article, I do not hold any political...
Censored

Censored

Two years ago, Egyptian-American director and screenplay writer Hesham Issawi approached me to collaborate on writing a screenplay about a forbidden love affair between a Coptic woman and her Muslim lover. We set gear to work together with the emphasis of exposing the hardships the...
Pop Culturalists

Pop Culturalists

Down the curvy road in the cosy neighbourhood of Webdeh in Amman, one can’t help but notice the flashy yellow exterior designs of Jo Bedu. Unlike your commercialised western style fashion that hugs the bodies of many youth in the Arab world, Jo Bedu introduces...
Envision Arabia

Envision Arabia

In the wake of events in of this year, there have been a number of organisations that have come out of the woodwork to deal with glaring issues—long obvious to people of the region—that have only now come into the international eye. One of these, the Arab...
&Cairo - design inspired by the city

&Cairo - design inspired by the city

Makram Khalil started a family business specialising in furniture manufacturing. A decade later, brothers Cherif and Ramy Makram, both passionate about design, decided to take the family business into a more design-oriented...
Together by a String

Together by a String

Mehdi Ben Attia, a Tunisian filmmaker and writer is noted for his 2009 production Le Fil. Translated into "The String,” it tells a story of an unfolding romance between two Tunisian men.
The Misunderstood Concept - an interview with Design Jordan

The Misunderstood Concept - an interview with Design Jordan

The terms “designer” and “architect” are often misunderstood in the Arab world and designers are often frustrated by having to explain the significance...






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Image Of The Week: A Palestinian protestor holds a banner and a photo of a relative
A Palestinian protestor holds a banner and a photo of a relative
Demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails outside the Massiyahu Prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, May 3. Israel has so far rejected all appeals lodged by the hunger strikers.
© Ahmad Gharabli - AFP/File