A modern morality tale
TERRORISM: After a chance encounter with Carlos the Jackal, artist and filmmaker Ulrike Schaz remains on secret service records years later.
terrorism
Neither banal nor evil
CONTROL: A search for understanding from a survivor of Aum Shinrikyo’s 1995 sarin gas attack on Tokyo’s subway.
Freedom of expression, extremism, and the role of the media
INEQUALITY: An anthology that addresses important topics such as freedom of expression, globalisation, extremism, minorities, and inequality in the world, but many of the authors try to tackle too much.
Beyond the smiling face
TERRORISM: The Good Terrorist provides many inspiring images about Islamic terrorism but fails to explain the motives of those ready to kill in its name
Molenbeek through the eyes of children
CHILDHOOD: Aatos and Amine are deep thinkers, bright and curious. We follow the life of these two six-year-olds in Molenbeek – a multi-ethnic suburb in Brussels – discovering different ways of thinking about god(s) and pondering about life and its aftermath.
In Extremis: A story about bravery, talent and betrayal
WAR REPORTER:Marie Colvin covered all the main conflicts of our time, always with the same aim: not only to bear witness, but to bring action.
The knot in the heart
PHOTOGRAPHY:For almost 50 years, the photographer Eugene Richards has documented a variety of destinies, from crack addicts to people in emergency rooms and psychiatric hospitals. What has driven him?
Politics, spirituality, and religion under the African sun
AFRICA:: Religion gets too much room in analysis of African conflicts, states state scientist Jean-François Bayart.