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Goals and Glory Among the Rubble

German soccer coach Holger Obermann has been sporting ambassador to Afghanistan since 2003, his latest Third World soccer project. Ratbil Ahang Schamel and Simon Schneider portray the man and his work in Afghanistan

Reconstructing Iraq on a Different Front

The Iraqi national soccer team is in Germany for a training camp, making it their first trip to Europe since the end of the war. German coach Bernd Stange says soccer is the best path to international understanding

Irony-free, Blunt Myth-Making

Zülfü Livaneli's filmic portrayal of the life of Atatürk, "Veda", is missing the most interesting aspect: the fragility that makes an historic giant such as Atatürk personally tangible, writes Amin Farzanefar

Maligned but Not Forgotten

Nearly 34 years after her death, she provokes more controversy than ever before: Latife Ussaki, Atatürk's wife. But now a book sheds a new light on her: "Latife Hanim", by the journalist Ipek Calislar, is a surprising and controversial portrait, presented here by Nimet Seker

"The True Trade Is Life"

Ibrahim Al-Koni, scion of a Libyan Tuareg family, is regarded as the great writer of the Sahara. In his new novel "The Puppet" Al-Koni perceptively depicts the way in which the modern world intrudes into the Tuaregs' traditional society. Kersten Knipp presents the novel

Non-political Stories of Love and Hardship

Hardly any Libyan literature has been translated from Arabic. Now, a former American diplomat to Libya has published a collection of Libyan short stories in English. The collection offers insights into a hitherto undiscovered literary landscape. By Susannah Tarbush

All Power to the Tribes

The opposition movement that emerged from Benghazi has completely changed the role of the opposition. The exile opposition has become insignificant overnight. An analysis by Hanspeter Mattes

A Double Deal with Tripoli

"We'll have fewer illegal immigrants and more oil" – these were the words with which the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, praised his latest political deal with the Libyan revolutionary leader, Muammar Ghaddafi. Bernhard Schmid explains the background to the new Libyan-Italian "friendship agreement"

Opportunities and Risks in Rapprochement

The rapid pace by which Libyan-EU relations have normalised can be explained by common interests. But there are risks involved in an unconditional embrace of this authoritarian regime. An analysis by Isabelle Werenfels

Looking for a Fourth Way

Revolutionary leader Qadhafi is currently attempting a foreign-policy balancing act: On the one hand, he is making extensive concessions in an attempt to gain favor in the West, while on the other hand holding fast to his vision of becoming the leader of a "United States of Africa".