East West (or East and West) may refer to: *

East–West dichotomy In sociology, the East–West dichotomy is the perceived difference between the Eastern world, Eastern and the Western world, Western worlds. Culture, Cultural and religion, religious rather than geography, geographical in division, the boundar ...

, the contrast between Eastern and Western society or culture

Arts and entertainment

Books, journals and magazines

*'' East, West'', an anthology of short stories written by Salman Rushdie * ''East and West'' (book), a 1998 book by Christopher Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong *''

Philosophy East and West ''Philosophy East and West'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering non-Western traditions of philosophy in relation to Anglo-American philosophy, integrating the discipline with literature, science, and social practices. Special issues have ...

'', an international, interdisciplinary academic journal *''East and West'', a quarterly English-language journal published 1950 to 2009 by the

Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente The Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente (IsIAO), known in English as the Italian Institute for Africa and the Orient, was established in Rome in 1995, as the result of the merging of (IsMEO) with the Istituto Italo-Africano (IIA). It clos ...

* ''

Ost und West ''Ost und West'' ("East and West") was a German magazine meant to bridge cultural and political divides between Eastern and Western European Jews. The magazine, headquartered in Berlin, operated from 1901 to 1923.Brenner, "Neglected 'Women's' Te ...

'', a German magazine

Film, TV and theatre

* '' East and West (film)'', a 1923 Austrian silent film *''

East/West ''East/West'' (; ) is a 1999 drama film directed by Régis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov, Catherine Deneuve and Sergei Bodrov Jr. It received generally positive reviews from critics. The film was nominated for the Best ...

'' (also known as ''Est-Ouest''), a 1999 film by Régis Wargnier *

East West Players East West Players is an Asian American theatre organization in Los Angeles, founded in 1965. As the nation's first professional Asian American theatre organization, East West Players continues to produce works and educational programs that give ...

, an Asian American theatre organization *''

East West 101 ''East West 101'' is an Australian drama series airing on the SBS network. The series was produced and created by Steven Knapman and Kris Wyld, the team behind other drama series such as '' Wildside'' and ''White Collar Blue''. It ran for thr ...

'', an Australian television drama series *''

Purab Aur Paschim () is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language drama film. The movie was produced and directed by Manoj Kumar, and it stars Manoj Kumar, Saira Banu, Ashok Kumar, Pran and Prem Chopra in the lead roles. The music is by Kalyanji Anandji. The 2007 film '' ...

'' (East and West), a 1970 Bollywood movie

Music

* ''East-West'' (The Butterfield Blues Band album), 1966 * ''East West'' (Julia Fordham album), 1997 * ''East West'' (East West album), 2003 * ''East/West'' (album), 2005, by Bill Frisell * East West (band), a Christian metal band * ''East and West'' (album), a 1963 jazz album by Toshiko Akiyoshi and Charlie Mariano *

East West Records East West Records (stylized as east''west'') is a record label formed in 1955, distributed and owned by Warner Music Group, headquartered in New York City. History After its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had its first hit wit ...

, an American record label *"East West", a 1966 single by

Herman's Hermits Herman's Hermits are an English rock and pop group formed in 1963 in Manchester and formerly fronted by singer Peter Noone. Known for their jaunty beat sound and Noone's often tongue-in-cheek vocal style, the Hermits charted with numerous tra ...

, later covered by Morrissey

Companies and institutions

East-West Airlines (India) ''East-West Airlines'' was a private airline company based in Kerala,India that operated during the 1990's on trunk linkage airports across India. History Commencement of operations In 1990-91 the entry of private airlines began, after the de-r ...

, a former airline * East-West Airlines (Australia), a former airline *

East West Bank East West Bank is an American bank that is the primary subsidiary of East West Bancorp. It is the largest publicly traded bank headquartered in Southern California. The company has been ranked the #1 performing U.S. bank with more than $10 billi ...

, a Chinese American bank in California *

East West Bank (Philippines) EastWest Bank (, Hokkien ; Mandarin ), formally known as East West Banking Corporation, is the eleventh largest bank in the Philippines in terms of assets. It was founded in 1994 in Manila by the late tycoon, Andrew Gotianun and his wife. It ...

, a commercial bank *

East West Bus Company East West Bus Company was a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. Formed as a joint venture between Dysons and Reservoir Bus Company in 1980, it became fully owned by Dysons in February 2014. It operated three bus routes under contract to Publ ...

, a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia *

East West University East West University (, also known as EWU), is a private university located in Aftab Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1996 under the Private University Act of 1992. History The East West University was established in 1996 as a ...

, Dhaka, Bangladesh *

East–West University East–West University is a private university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The university was founded in 1980. It offers associate in liberal arts, office administration, electronics engineering technology, and computer and informati ...

, Chicago, Illinois, US *

East and West Railroad of Alabama The East and West Railroad of Alabama was a railroad in the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia. The railroad started out with narrow gauge track, but it was eventually converted to track. The Alabama end of the line began at Pell City, where ...

, a railroad in the US states of Alabama and Georgia *

East and West Riding Regiment The East and West Riding Regiment was a regiment of the British Territorial Army from 1999 to 2006. In 2006, it was re-designated as the 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. History The regiment was formed in 1999 by the amalgamation of the 3rd ...

, British Territorial Army *

EastWest Institute The EastWest Institute (EWI), originally known as the Institute for East-West Security Studies and officially the Institute for EastWest Studies, Inc., was an international not-for-profit, non-partisan think tank focused on international conflic ...

(EWI), a former international conflict resolution not-for-profit *

EastWest Sounds EastWest Studios (formerly known as Western Studio, a component of United Western Recorders and later Ocean Way Recording) is a recording studio complex located at 6000 West Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Originally constructed by Bill Putnam in t ...

, an American company that develops and markets virtual instruments *

EastWest Studios EastWest Studios (formerly known as Western Studio, a component of United Western Recorders and later Ocean Way Recording) is a recording studio complex located at 6000 West Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Originally constructed by Bill Putnam in ...

, a recording studio in Hollywood, California, US

Other uses

* Two of the four

cardinal direction The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the four main compass directions: north (N), south (S), east (E), and west (W). The corresponding azimuths ( clockwise horizontal angle from north) are 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270°. The ...

s * A

prime vertical A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers. A natural number greater than 1 that is not prime is called a composite number. For example, 5 is prime because the only ways ...

direction * East–West Highway (New England), a proposed highway corridor *

East West Line (disambiguation) East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that eas ...

*The

East–West Schism The East–West Schism, also known as the Great Schism or the Schism of 1054, is the break of communion (Christian), communion between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. A series of Eastern Orthodox – Roman Catholic eccle ...

, the 1054 break between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches *

East–West Shrine Game East West (or East and West) may refer to: *East–West dichotomy, the contrast between Eastern and Western society or culture Arts and entertainment Books, journals and magazines *'' East, West'', an anthology of short stories written by Salm ...

, an annual college football game *

East-west traffic In computer networking, east-west traffic is network traffic among devices within a specific data center. The other direction of traffic flow is north-south traffic, data flowing from or to a system physically residing outside the data center. Tra ...

, computer network traffic within a data center * East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry, the 1990s feud between American hip hop enthusiasts {{disambiguation