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Coming to Terms with War Crimes in Turkey

The Dead Are Climbing out of the Wells

In the 1990s the Turkish army killed tens of thousands of Kurds in the dirty war against the PKK. Now these political crimes are coming to light. Details from Istanbul provided by Michael Thumann
Egyptian-German World Music

Mohammed Mounir and the Schäl Sick Brass Band

The Egytpian musician Mohammed Mounir gave a concert in Cairo with the Schäl Sick Brass Band from Cologne. Frederick Richter reports on the audience's reaction
The Music Group Cyminology

A Global Sound, but without the Global Clichés

Persian poetry from the Arabian Nights meets modern, urban jazz – it may sound bizarre, but it works beautifully. The music of Berlin-based band Cyminology manages to be experimental while at the same time dodging the pitfalls of the world music genre. By Suzanne Cords
Interview with Youssra El Hawary

Music of a Quiet Revolution

In the wake of Egypt's Revolution, Youssra El Hawary suddenly came to fame with her song about a wall, "El Soor". Despite her insistence that she is non-political, her music is – in a quiet and unobtrusive way – unique and revolutionary. Marian Brehmer met the artist in Berlin
Non-Violent Resistance in Palestine

Hitting a Nerve

Palestinian activists are increasingly employing strategies of peaceful resistance: The tent camp they have erected on sites earmarked for settlement construction are symbolic of the battle that has flared up over Areas B and C in the West Bank. Ingrid Ross reports. By Ingrid Ross
Morocco

The Arab World Has Its Own Models

Could Morocco serve as a political model for Iraq in the country’s attempt to come to terms with its dictatorial past? Dr Sonja Hegasy of the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Germany, thinks it could
Iran's Political Clerics

The Absence of a Credible Religious Authority

After 1979, the religious seminary establishment came to be considered a source of political legitimacy. But even though the Iranian regime consolidated its mastery of the Shiite network in the Middle East, the strategy is beginning to backfire, writes Mehdi Khalaji
Nasreen Alavi

Iran's Burgeoning Weblog Scene

In her book "We are Iran. The Persian Blogs," Nasreen Alavi takes an in-depth look at the multifaceted anti-mullah protest culture flourishing on the Internet in Iran. Golrokh Esmaili reports
Interview with think tank veterans Yossi Alpher and Ghassan Khatib

"The Oslo peace process approach is over"

On 13 September 1993, an agreement of mutual understanding known as the Oslo Accords kicked off the Middle East peace process. 25 years on, Middle East expert Christian Hanelt interviews Israeli Yossi Alpher and Palestinian Ghassan Khatib on their experiences and their thoughts regarding the way ahead
Obituary: Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery

Shoes that will be difficult to fill

Uri Avnery fought for decades for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. This wish was not fulfilled in his lifetime. Avnery died, aged 94, in the early hours of Monday. An obituary by Christian Wolf