Author: Madeleine Prahs

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Grand opening of the 59th Festival for Animation and Documentary Films in Leipzig, November 2016

Turkish documentaries at Dok Leipzig 2016

Resilience in the face of adversity

The spotlight at the 59th Festival for Animation and Documentary Films in Leipzig was on Turkey. Numerous films and discussions showed how the cultural and film scene is coping with a country that is currently being torn apart by fierce social and political conflicts. By Madeleine PrahsMore

Portrait of the Turkish writer Emrah Serbes: "Politics is made on the street by the people"The Film "Ummah – Among Friends": My neighbours, the MuslimsFatih Akin's film "The Edge of Heaven": Transcending prejudice and ideology

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"Ninety percent of the photography I have learnt has come from experimentation in the field," Siddiqui once wrote

Danish Siddiqui and the people behind the story

Danish Siddiqui, the Reuters journalist killed in crossfire last Friday covering the war in Afghanistan, was a largely self-taught photographer who scaled the heights of his profession while documenting wars, riots and human suffering. By Raju Gopalakrishnan and Mike Collett-White