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  • A man walks past equipment through a hall.
    Reconstruction in Syria

    "Debris isn't waste"

    Concrete, brick, steel: Aref al-Swaidani wants to rebuild Syria from its ruins. In Weimar he’s conducting research on recycling building materials.

  • A man wearing glasses writes in Arabic on a green board.
    Islamic education in Germany

    Under constant scrutiny

    Islamic religious education is neither a threat to democracy nor a cure-all. What dedicated teachers really need is recognition of their role.

  • A mosque dome with green mosaic tiles against the backdrop of a city, with mountains in the background.
    Jina Khayyer's "In the Heart of the Cat"

    The Iran that Germany wants to see

    A novel about Iran, full of errors, clichés and exoticism—yet lauded in Germany. "In the Heart of the Cat" exposes how readily the German market embraces stereotypes, as long as they fit readers' expectations.

  • A silhouetted woman sits in the doorway of a ruined building looking out onto the street.
    Deported from Germany

    Yazidi survivors confront the harsh reality of return

    Thousands of Yazidis fled IS genocide and found refuge in Germany. Now, many have been ordered to return to Iraq, where they face dire living conditions, shattered infrastructure and the threat of further violence.

  • Muslim men stand around several tables eating food together.
    "The Misguided Islam Debate" by Teseo La Marca

    A plea for a pluralistic Islam

    In his new book, Teseo La Marca argues that Germany's debate on Islam swings between extremes and calls for more nuance as an antidote to fundamentalism. But does he practise what he preaches?

  • The tattooed lower arm of a young man
    Documentary "The Moelln Letters"

    An indictment of forgetting

    In 1992, shortly after German reunification, neo-Nazis in Mölln carried out an arson attack targeting Turkish families. "The Moelln Letters" follows the survivors, who just recently discovered the hundreds of letters of solidarity withheld from them for decades.

  • 28-year-old Syrian dancer and activist uses the stage name 'The Darvish'.
    Syrian activist The Darvish

    "Queerness is freedom and freedom is indivisible"

    Belly dancer and queer organiser The Darvish arrived in Berlin in 2016, where they found a welcoming community and room for self-expression. But they warn that, as German politics shifts to the right, this community is under threat and its spaces are vanishing.

  • Eine Menschenmenge in warmer Kleidung vor einem Bürogebäude. Eine Frau steht erhöht und ruft etwas.
    Reporting on Palestine

    Germany cannot imagine the suffering in Gaza

    For some, the widespread publication of images of starving children from Gaza is a sign of a major shift in the German political and media discourse. Palestinian journalist Asmaa al-Ghoul disagrees.

  • People gather to hold a pro-Palestinian demonstration organized upon the invitation of the Islamic Action Front, the political wing of the Muslim Brothers in Amman, Jordan on October 10, 2023. (Photo: Picture Alliance/ Laith Al-jnaidi / Anadolu)
    Political Islam in Jordan

    What's next for the Muslim Brotherhood?

    An official ban on the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan has brought the movement to a critical crossroads. Its political arm is struggling to preserve its platform and avoid the fate of its counterparts in Egypt and Tunisia.

  • A malnourished boy lies in the arms of an adult and stares blankly into the camera.
    German foreign policy

    Hunger in Gaza—made in Germany

    Starving children in Gaza, growing criticism in Germany and political leverage that remains unused. Berlin must not stand idly by and watch this atrocious catastrophe unfold.

  • Two men climb onto a statue lying in ruins.
    Transitional justice in Syria

    "Accountability is more important than punishment"

    Can there be justice after the horrors Syria has endured? Sociologist Mohammed Bamyeh sees signs that the country's new leadership wants to confront the past, but warns against the dangers of selective justice.

  • The facade of a building with a sign hanging from the windows reading "Your silence is complicity"
    German academia

    When neutrality becomes complicity

    German scholars of the Middle East often wear the mask of political neutrality. But both Western philosophy and the classical Islamic tradition insist that knowledge carries an ethical duty. A call for moral responsibility.

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