What Makes a Man?In 2003, Lebanese writer Rashid al Daif spent several weeks in Germany as part of the West East Divan program, a cultural exchange effort meant to improve mutual awareness of German and Middle Eastern cultures. He was paired with German author Joachim Helfer, who then returned the visit to al Daif in Lebanon. Following their time together, al Daif published in Arabic a literary reportage of his encounter with Helfer in which he focuses on the German