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: ', meaning "
bridge
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") is an
Internet portal
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in
German
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,
English
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* English people
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, and
Arabic
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, produced by
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in order to promote intercultural dialogue between the
Western and
Islamic world
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s.
The portal was founded on the initiative of the
German Foreign Office, in reaction to the
September 11 attacks
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in the U.S. Online since March 2003, the platform is funded by the foreign office and cooperates with the
Goethe-Institut
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(GI) and the
German Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
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* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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(ifa) as members of the project advisory committee.
Qantara.de wants to promote
intercultural dialogue and understanding between the West and Islamic cultures, with the aim of combating ignorance and prejudice through reliable information.
The editorial team presents journalistic articles about politics, society, culture and photographic essays by
Western and Muslim authors, who seek open and respectful discussion of both communities, including controversial subjects.
These have included contributors such as the Egyptian literary scholar
Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid
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, the German former diplomat and Muslim
Murad Hofmann
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, the conflict researcher
Heiner Bielefeldt
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and the physicist
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker.
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