An artist running a caricature museum in repressive Egypt, a Ukrainian conductor in wartime, a look back at the architecture and design of the 1972 Munich Olympics, and the media's fatal role.
Egyptian artist Mohamed Abla has long found Cairo's bustling streets a source of inspiration. In 2011, he documented the Egyptian Revolution, and he also founded a caricature museum.
Mohamed Abla is the first visual artist from Egypt to be awarded the Goethe-Institut’s Goethe Medal, Germany’s highest honour in the area of foreign cultural policy. Stefan Weidner sheds some light on the artist’s work