AUSTRIAN ASSOCIATION: AUSTRIA - 50 years as a hub for peace in the Middle East
In the following years there were hardly any initiatives worth mentioning on the part of Austria to continue this dialogue.
- In the following years there were hardly any initiatives worth mentioning on the part of Austria to continue this dialogue.
- However, at the turn of the millennium, the Egyptian-born Austrian international film producer Ahmed Radwan shifted efforts from political to the cultural level.
- Consequently, Ahmed arranged a number of meetings between Arab and Israeli media people as well as peace activists at various film festivals.
- He also organized joint Austrian feature film projects utilizing workers from all over the Middle East, thus allowing Israeli and Arab artists to cooperate and establish working relationships.