Orient- und Islamwissenschaft

Dr. Adwan Taleb

Adwan Taleb offers classes on Arab Cinema and Film in the Middle East, as well as classes on Palestinian Colloquial Arabic.
He studied Political Sciences at Yarmouk University (Jordan), International Studies at Birzeit University (Palestine), and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Tübingen.
Apart from his academic research on migration, political systems in the Middle East, and contemporary Arab-Islamic thought, he is also engaged in cultural work that fosters dialogue between different religions and societies. Adwan Taleb is the coordinator of the annual Arab Film Festival in Tübingen. The festival was initiated by him in 2005, and became one of the most prominent platforms for Arab film and cinema in Germany.

Courses

  • Ü Palästinensischer Dialekt (WS 2015/16)
  • PS Filmschaffen im Nahen Osten und in Nordafrika (SoSe 2015)
  • PS Der arabische Film: Kultur, Politik und Gesellschaft im Kino des Vorderen Orients (SoSe 2014)

Research interests

  • Contemporary Arab-Islamic thought
  • Political Islam
  • Diaspora and migration
  • conflict and peace, authoritarianism and democracy in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Cultural and sozial phenomena in the Middle East and North Africa

Cultural projects

  • Arabisches Filmfestival Tübingen (since 2005; coordinator; www.arabisches-filmfestival.de)
  • SOUQ AL FILM - Arabischer & Orientalischer Filmmarkt Tübingen (2015; coordintor)
  • „Der Westen und die arabische Welt: Brücken und Wege zu Dialog und Verständigung“; Studium Generale der Universität Tübingen (winter session 2004/05; coordinator)
  • Series of events „Der Orient zu Gast in Tübingen“ (WS 2004/05; coordinator)
  • Arab-American dialogue in Tübingen (since 2004; Co-initiator)