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Why do so many artists, Germans and non-Germans alike, reside in Berlin? Inspired by the city’s multicultural art scene, Egyptian filmmaker, Ahmed Yacoub’s latest documentary covers the stories of the German capital’s many “art refugees.” “Coming from Cairo, I was struck by the freedom of performance that artist enjoy in Berlin, so I decided to make a film,” Yacoub recounts. “No amin shortah or policeman would ask me for a tasreeh or film permission, though I was carrying two cameras…