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Interview with Neco Celik

"I Am an Integration Objector"

Gettopump, Urban Guerillas, Black Virgins: These are the names of some of the film and theatre projects of Neco Celik, a German director of Turkish descent. A German daily dubbed him the German Spike Lee – a reputation confirmed the New York Times. Nimet Seker met him in Berlin Kreuzberg
Silk Road Theatre Festival in the Ruhr

As part of the Silk Road project, four directors from the Maghrib were invited to work at Theater an der Ruhr. During a panel discussion, they explored the relationship between the Occident and the Orient in their work. Eva Schmidt was there.
Fajr Festival in Teheran

Poised between Censorship and Openness

The US government has declared Iran to be an "outpost of tyranny" and all but threatened it with war – but here the largest theater festival in the Middle East has gotten peacefully underway. Dorothea Marcus reports from Teheran
"Intercultural Mainstreaming"

A Plea for the Intercultural Opening of Society

The institutions of "highbrow culture" in Germany have hitherto hardly recognised the fact that the composition of society has changed, writes Mark Terkessidis in his commentary
Muslim Women on the Niqab

The Veil as a Protective Shield

Across Europe, one country after another is discussing the "burqa", the "niqab" and the possibility of banning both. Women who wear the niqab are surprisingly absent from this public discourse. By Stephanie Doetzer
Interview with Catherine Kintzler

"Sarkozy's 'Positive Laicism' Is a Political Error"

With his idea of a "positive laicism" the French president Nicolas Sarkozy has called into question his country's traditionally strict separation of religion and state. The philosopher Catherine Kintzler tells Rachid Boutayeb that she is critical of Sarkozy's position, and explains why she believes the principle of laicism ensures religious freedom
Verdict in "Charlie Hebdo" Satirical Newspaper Case

When in Doubt, Choose Freedom of Speech

The majority of the French press breathed a great sigh of relief when Philippe Val, editor of satirical weekly newspaper "Charlie Hebdo", was acquitted after being brought to trial for reprinting the controversial Muhammad caricatures. Bernard Schmid reports from Paris
Migrants in France

Study Does Not Confirm Notion of a Growing Re-Islamization

The Center for the Study of French Life has conducted a soon-to-be-published survey on the political behavior and the social values of French people with a migrant background. Bernard Schmid had already had a look at it
Egypt

Curtains for the Veil on TV

The wearing of the headscarf is not only a controversial issue in the West. A number of women television presenters in Egypt have been banned from the screens of the public broadcaster because of their decision to wear the hijab. Nelly Youssouf reports
The Niqab in Germany

An Unusual Perspective

What is it like to live as a woman who covers her face with a veil in Germany? How do people on the street react? Chamselassil Ayari wore a Muslim full-body covering garment for one day.