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Part of a Journey to the Heart of Arab Culture
with Three New Films by Nacer Khemir

Language: André Miquel: An Encounter with the Arabic Language
Imagination: Scheherazade: Words Against Death
Faith: Looking for Muhyiddin
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There are men who bring shorelines closer with their work, André Miquel is one of them. Punctuated by classical Arabic poetry set to music, André Miquel: An Encounter with The Arabic Language is both a tribute to the man and the object of his passion: The Arabic Language. The celebrated translator of "One Thousand and One Nights" to French, speaks about what sparked his interest as a young man from the Languedoc region of France in the culture of the Arab world. He also elaborates on the function of languages, the challenges and pleasures of translation from Arabic, his French upbringing and growing old. What transpires is an inspiring meditation on life and culture and the need for deeper communication between peoples.

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