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  • Actors dressed as Saint Nicholas in procession
    Turkey's "Noel Baba"

    Questions and answers about St. Nicholas

    The Feast of Saint Nicholas, observed on 6 December in Western Christian countries falls within the season of Advent. But who was this bringer of gifts?

  • Mitra Sumara performing live on stage
    Mitra Sumara's "Dream"

    Seventies retro

    Recalling pre-Islamic revolution Iran, Mitra Sumara's second album offers a collection of jazz-infused retro Persian hits that will get everyone on the dance floor

  • Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis demonstrate in Baghdad in what was probably one of the largest pro-Palestinian rallies
    Palestinians in Iraq

    Between sympathy and rejection

    Palestinians living in Saddam Hussein's Iraq were courted until his overthrow in 2003, after which they suffered widespread harassment. Ever since the onset of the Israeli offensive in Gaza, however, Iraqis have been keen to show their solidarity

  • Headshot of Palestinian intellectual Sari Nusseibeh in conversation
    Israel's war against Hamas

    "The Middle East conflict must be resolved at the roots"

    Leading Palestinian intellectual Sari Nusseibeh on the Hamas massacres, Israel's war in Gaza and the distant dream of equal coexistence

  • Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah seen on a screen addressing a crowd of supporters
    Regional perspectives on the Gaza war

    The Middle East conflict is back

    In recent years the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had gradually become uncoupled from the other lines of conflict in the Middle East. This "encapsulation of the Middle East conflict" may be off the table for now, but it does nothing to change the parameters of the larger regional struggle for dominance

  • Bust of Khalil Gibran in his hometown of Bsharre, Lebanon
    Lebanon

    Khalil Gibran's hometown celebrates 'The Prophet' centennial

    Nestled in the mountains of northern Lebanon, a museum dedicated to Khalil Gibran in his hometown of Bsharre has been celebrating the centennial of "The Prophet", the renowned author's most famous work

  • Smoke and dust rises above a densely populated area of Gaza City
    War in the Middle East

    Five scenarios for the future of Gaza

    In the midst of the current war, there is still no concrete plan for the future of Gaza. Preparations for the day after need to be made now. Muriel Asseburg and René Wildangel talk about possible scenarios and what needs to happen

  • Mustafa Barghouti addresses the media
    Mustafa Barghouti of the Palestinian National Initiative

    "The only solution is the initiation of a true peace process"

    Mustafa Barghouti, general-secretary of al-Mubadara – the Palestinian National Initiative – and leading civil rights activist, talks about the ongoing war in Gaza and his vision for peace

  • Smoke and dust rises above a ruined urban landscape
    A different take on Gaza

    Global South criticises Israel

    Germany, the USA and the UK have stood firmly behind Israel following the Hamas attacks. The Global South, however, sees the Gaza conflict differently. Pro-Palestine voices can be heard across the region. By Kristin Palitza and Denis Duettmann, dpa

  • Specialising in bold, exciting, contemporary Arabic literature, Europe-based 10/11 represents a select group of literary writers. Agents Sandra Hetzl and Katharine Halls talk about their tastes and selection criteria, how they divide their work, and what they love (and don't) about literary agenting.
    10/11, not 9/11

    New literary agency for a new approach

    Specialising in bold, exciting, contemporary Arabic literature, 10/11 literary agents Sandra Hetzl and Katharine Halls talk to Marcia Lynx Qualey about their tastes and selection criteria, how they divide their work, and what they love (and don't) about literary agenting

  • President Xi Jinping and PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas (left) in Beijing in June 2023
    War in the Middle East

    What's China's stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict?

    Beijing is seeking to mediate in the war between Israel and Hamas. China has condemned both parties' violence. Despite this, public hostility towards Israel prevails

  • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) visits Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right)
    Israel-Palestine conflict

    Muslim sceptics, the West and democracy

    Events unfolding in the Middle East will have long-term consequences for world politics. Analysing perceptions is crucial to predicting the fallout. So how does the global Muslim community perceive Western governments' support of Israel's siege and aerial bombardment of Gaza?

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