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The Turkish Soap Opera "Noor"

More Real than Life

From Saudi Arabia to Morocco: Every evening the Turkish series "Noor" draws millions of people to their television sets. The show is about love, intimacy and equality; no social taboo is ignored. Alfred Hackensberger reports
Commentary on the Attack on the "Free Gaza" Convoy

Israel Barricades Itself against the World

With its attack on the "Free Gaza" aid convoy, Israel chose to take a dangerous solitary stance. This kind of "splendid isolation" could give rise to a "wagon barricade" mentality that would prevent the Israelis from shaping their country's future as a democratic nation. By Bettina Marx
Interview with Avi Primor

EU Essential for Guaranteeing Israeli Security in Gaza

In this interview, Avi Primor, Israel's former ambassador to Germany, talks to Diana Fong about the reasons for the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip and how the EU can help bring about peace between the Jews and Palestinians
The International Association of Muslim Scholars

Yusuf al-Qaradawi and the Foundation of a "Global Muslim Authority"

The International Association of Muslim Scholars aims to be an alternative to the global network of radical Islamists. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, often referred to as the most influential contemporary Sunni scholar, is one of the founders. Bettina Gräf reports
Mideast Crisis

Gaza Invasion Won't Solve Mideast Problems

Peter Philipp writes that Israel's ground offensive in Gaza is shocking despite all the warning signs in the past days and warns the West against backing Israel in a falsely understood show of solidarity
Gaza Violence

The World Can't Afford to Sit Back and Watch

Hamas and Israel are making the same old mistakes all over again because the latest attacks won't solve anything. The world has to finally get involved in the Middle East conflict, Peter Philipp says
Reconstructing Lebanon

High Expectations

Despite the stationing of UN troops in Lebanon the population still has no confidence in the peacekeeping capacity. And also the leadership in Beirut comes under increasing pressure since the Lebanese people are waiting for government action to rebuild the country. Bernhard Hillenkamp reports
Interview

Life as a Permanent State of Emergency

Haitham Maleh, president of the Human Rights Association in Syria, has been visiting Germany to take part in a hearing organised by the Bundestag's Human Rights Committee. He was interviewed by Dorothee Winden
US Foreign Policy and Iran

Of War Games and Guessing Games

The question currently occupying the minds of journalists, politicians and think tanks from Washington to Los Angeles is whether or not the final five months of the Bush administration will see an armed American strike against Iran. Ali Fathollah-Nejad looks for some answers
The Transformation of Palestine

Divided, Shattered and Disoriented

The Heinrich Böll Foundation hosted a symposium on "The Transformation of Palestine" in Berlin. At the gathering, experts re-appraised the history of the Palestinians since the foundation of the state of Israel in 1948. Bettina Marx reports