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    Europe and the Middle East conflict

    “Strict observance of international law”

    Recently, Norway, followed by the EU countries Ireland and Spain, has recognized a Palestinian state. How should the European Union respond and establish a unified stance? Can Europe provide positive impetus and ideas for a post-war order? How could these be realized?

  • A migrant runs across a field in the Spanish enclave of Melilla
    Migrant destination Europe

    EU gatekeeper Morocco leverages its own interests

    Morocco is intensifying its gatekeeper role in EU migration, stopping 87,000 migrants in 2023. Key to the deal is European acceptance of Morocco's claim to disputed Western Sahara

  • Jewish music

    Breathing new life into Ladino

    Noam "Nani" Vazana's most recent album "Ke Haber" (What's New) is a beautiful dive into the rich cultural history of Sephardic Jews and the Ladino language. But there's a twist to what she does with the language: instead of just singing old songs, she creates and writes new material. By Richard Marcus

  • Arab-Andalucian music

    Musical "Romances" between Muslims and Christians

    On 19 August, the Accademia del Piacere ensemble from Seville will celebrate the marriage of Muslim and Christian musical culture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries at the Cologne Philharmonic. Tunisian singer Ghalia Benali will join the musicians on stage as their special guest. By Stefan Franzen

  • Morocco's system for allocating Schengen visa application appointments has recently been hijacked by unauthorised brokers. Moroccans are finding travelling to Europe increasingly difficult, despite the lifting of pandemic-related travel restrictions in 2022
    Morocco-Europe relations

    Unauthorised brokers obstructing Schengen visas

    Morocco's system for allocating Schengen visa application appointments has been hijacked by unauthorised brokers. Moroccans are finding travelling to Europe increasingly difficult, despite the lifting of pandemic-related travel restrictions in 2022. Ismail Azzam reports

  • Sudanese are desperately trying to leave their country. But many are trapped because their passports are stuck in one of the closed European embassies. It's a hopeless situation.
    Humanitarian crisis in Sudan

    "I'm trapped in the war"

    Sudanese are desperately trying to leave their country. But many, like Mahir Elfiel, are trapped because their passports are stuck in one of the closed European embassies. Here he talks about his hopeless situation. Andrea Backhaus recorded his story

  • Following the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's visit to Algeria, both countries are seeking to expand their energy cooperation. This will however, only further cement Algiers' dependence on the gas rush.
    Italy and Algeria cooperate on energy

    Algiers is banking on Europe's gas rush

    Following the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's visit to Algeria, both countries are seeking to expand their energy cooperation. This will, however, only further cement Algiers' dependence on the gas rush. By Sofian Philip Naceur

  • Palestinian writer Asmaa al-Atawna

    "No stereotypical views of Arab women"

    Asmaa al-Atawna's debut novel "Missing Picture" has been published in German translation (Keine Luft zum Atmen – Mein Weg in die Freiheit). In it, she describes life in Gaza from the perspective of a rebellious girl who is struggling to fit in at school and home. After fleeing to Europe, she also has to fight for her self-determination there too. Claudia Mende spoke to the author

  • Sablettes beach in Algiers. The pace of illegal migration has intensified, despite prison terms of six months for those arrested.
    Human rights and migration

    Why older Algerians risk the small boats to Spain

    Nouara may be 65, but she is ready to join thousands of others who burn their ID and pay traffickers for the chance of a new life in Europe. Zineb Bettayeb reports

  • A few days ago, numerous people from the German cultural scene wrote an open letter to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, demanding that respect for human and civil rights should be a prerequisite for nuclear negotiations with Iran. Human rights violations should be legally punished and the dialogue with civil society should be strengthened
    Frankfurt Book Fair

    Iran drops out, citing interference

    Iran has withdrawn its participation in the Frankfurt Book Fair, accusing the event of meddling in the country's domestic affairs. Organisers have denied the accusation. By Kristina Reymann-Schneider

  • The Sufi Trail

    Anatolia through the eyes of a pilgrim

    The Sufi Trail is a long-distance hiking route from Istanbul to Konya that seeks to revive the ancient tracks used by foot pilgrims on their way to Mecca. Marian Brehmer spoke to the trail's founder and hiking route developer Sedat Cakir

  • Algeria‘s regime is again cracking down on anti-fracking activists and the unemployed in the country‘s south. Yet EU states remain keen to scale up their energy cooperation with Algiers, despite the reprisals faced by environmentalists.
    Algeria‘s gas reserves

    Is defending the environment terrorism?

    Algeria‘s regime is again cracking down on anti-fracking activists and the unemployed in the country‘s south. Yet EU countries remain keen to scale up their energy cooperation with Algiers, despite the reprisals faced by environmentalists. By Sofian Philip Naceur

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