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Interview with Michèle Claude
The Wonderful World of Muwashshahat
The French percussionist explores the relationship between old Arab and early European music. In the cultural area that is the Mediterranean, where East meets West, she discovered her musical roots and the sounds of the "muwashshahat". Suleman Taufiq met her in Paris
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Ibn Rushd and Maimonides in ''Out of Córdoba''
The Muslim-Jewish Heritage of Islamic Spain
Lewis Gropp reviews a documentary that shines the spotlight on two 12th century philosophers – one Muslim, one Jewish – whose messages of positive coexistence resonate very strongly even today, refuting the "Clash of Civilizations" theory