Author: Michaela Maria Müller

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Visitors to the Hargeisa Book Fair in Somaliland (photo: Kate Stanworth)

Book fair on the Horn of Africa

Somalinimo in Hargeisa

Eight thirty in the morning in Hargeisa and a crowd has formed outside the function hall of the Guled Hotel. Visitors are queuing at the security check and waiting to get in. It′s book fair time in the capital of Somaliland. By Michaela Maria MullerMore

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Der marokkanische Schriftsteller Mahi Binebine; Foto: imago/El Mundo

Interview with the Moroccan writer Mahi Binebine

Forging a future

Since the publication of his most recent novel, "Horses of God" (2013), based on a true story about young suicide bombers, Moroccan author and artist Mahi Binebine has been spending time working with disadvantaged youngsters in the slums of his native country. Interview by Michaela Maria MullerMore

Mahi Binebine's novel ''The Stars of Sidi Moumen'': At home with the grim reaperNabil Ayouch's film ''God's Horses'': Ostracised and forgottenRemarks on Sherif Arafa's ''Terrorism and Kebab'': Conformist provocations

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