Human rights in Asia
Tajik women turn to polygamy to survive
Ataturk's republic turns 100
Turkey's enduring identity crisis
Iran protests
Tehran dismisses university lecturers
Morocco quake aftermath
Moroccans pull together for Atlas region
Dire economic conditions are spurring an increasing number of women in Tajikistan to enter polygamous marriages. But it comes at the price of limited rights and social stigma.

Human rights in Asia

Dire economic conditions are spurring an increasing number of women in Tajikistan to enter polygamous marriages. But it comes at a price. With few rights to underpin their existence, they bear a burden of social stigma that taints not only their lives but those of their children too. Madina Shogunbekova reportsRead more

To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, German journalist Cigdem Akyol has written a new history of what she calls "the divided republic".

Ataturk's republic turns 100

To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, German journalist and Qantara.de contributor Cigdem Akyol has written a new history of what she calls "the divided republic". Marian Brehmer read the bookRead more

After the death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, Iran's universities became the focus of anti-regime protests. Now lecturers critical of the regime are being dismissed, while those loyal to the regime are being rehired: Tehran's Islamic regime is apparently reshaping the country's universities even more strictly according to its own ideas.

Iran protests

University lecturers critical of the regime are being dismissed, while those loyal to the regime are being rehired: Tehran's Islamic regime is apparently reshaping the country's universities even more strictly according to its own ideas. By Iman AslaniRead more

Morocco's devastating earthquake has led to a wave of solidarity with the victims, with many volunteers setting off under their own steam to help. But reconstruction will take a long time.

Morocco quake aftermath

Morocco's devastating earthquake has led to a wave of solidarity with the victims, with many volunteers setting off under their own steam to help. But reconstruction will take a long time. Hans-Christian Roessler reports from AmizmizRead more

Politics

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in front of a poster of Kemal Ataturk (image: picture alliance/dpa/AP Images/K. Ozer)

Ataturk's republic turns 100

Turkey's enduring identity crisis

Moulay Brahim, Morocco: People are seen bringing aid and food provisions in the aftermath of the earthquake (image: Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire)

Morocco quake aftermath

Moroccans pull together for Atlas region

Aisha, 51, who said she lost five family members when the deadly storm hit her city, reacts as she walks past destroyed houses, in Derna, Libya, 17 September 2023 (image: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra)

Libya's Derna

A city known for rebellion – and neglect

Iraqi prime minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani (image: AFP)

Connecting the Gulf with Turkey

Iraq's Transport Corridors – no place for Kurdistan?

Society

Many Tajik brides aren't their husbands' only wives (image: Boaz Rottem/IMAGO)

Human rights in Asia

Tajik women turn to polygamy to survive

Students of Tehran's Sharif University attend a rally (image: NNSRoj)

Iran protests

Tehran dismisses university lecturers

Hella Mewis in her cultural centre in Baghdad (image: TARKIB)

Life in Iraq

No politics, no religion, no sex

American historian Elyse Semerdjian (image: private)

The Armenian genocide

"Genocide is a feminist issue"

Culture

Ipek Ipekcioglum aka DJ Ipek (image: Melis Oezdil)

Eklektik BerlinIstan meets Anatolian folk

DJ Ipek's space-time continuum in sound

MENA project (image: MENA Project)

Middle Eastern and North African art in Europe

MENA Art Gallery – haven for Arab art

Algerian author Said Khatibi (image: private)

Algeria – wasteland for Arabic literature

Big Brother is watching you

Portugal: Campus project in Braga. Rehearsals for the grand finale at the Campus Concert of the Beethovenfest in Bonn (image: Madmo Springer)

Germany's Beethovenfest

Afghan and Iranian musicians join forces

American vocalist and songwriter Galeet Dardashti (image: Galeet Dardashti)

Galeet Dardashti's "Monajat"

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