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FIFA World Cup 2014: Iran

Lack of experience is the greatest obstacle

Vahid Hashemian played for the Iranian national squad during the 2006 World Cup in Germany. In an interview with Farid Ashrafian, he recalls the 2006 championship, compares current players with those of his own generation and considers the prospects for Iran in 2014
Integration through Football

World Cup Passion Unifies Germans and Turks

Both times Germany has won World Cup games, Turkish soccer fans have celebrated the victory along with the Germans. Florian Blaschke spoke to researcher Faruk Sen about the World Cup as a new integration engine
Kristin Helberg goes on record about the Syrian conflict

″We need an alternative to Assad″

At the recent EU summit on refugees, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that she was willing to take part in talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In an interview with Wolfgang Dick, Middle East expert Kristin Helberg warns against misinterpretation
Portrait of the theologian Rabeya Muller

Equality in the name of Islam

The women's movement within Islam is gaining momentum worldwide. One of the most influential German Muslim women in this respect is the theologian Rabeya Muller. With her clear views and breaks with taboo, she is pushing for change within the Muslim community in Germany
Christian minorities in Iran

Iran's persecuted converts

The Iranian-American woman Naghme Abedini has been fighting for her husband's release from an Iranian jail for some time now. He is a Christian convert accused of founding "underground churches" in the Islamic Republic – institutions that are growing ever more popular in Iran. By Thomas Latschan
Shashi Tharoor's Nehru Biography

India's Secular Legacy

In his book "Nehru: The Invention of India", Shashi Tharoor, who has worked at the UN in New York since 1978 and was tipped as a possible successor to UN General Secretary Kofi Annan, goes in search of India's first prime minister. By Gerhard Klas
Asghar Ali Engineer

Economic Justice as a Religious Mission

The end of November is the anniversary of the terrorist attack in Mumbai in which 173 people were killed. Muslims from Mumbai condemned the terrorist act – among them supporters of Islamist reform theologian Asghar Ali Engineer. Gerhard Klas reports
The 19th Century Urdu Epic "Hoshruba"

A Literary Treasure from Hindu-Muslim Culture

"Hoshruba" is a fantasy epic written in 19th century Muslim India. Now Muhammad Ali Farooqi has produced the first ever translation of "Hoshruba" into any language. In this interview with Lewis Gropp he talks about this unique epic, Urdu literature, and the colonially induced Urdu-Hindi divide
A Visit to Mansoura ez-Eldin

In Search of a Literature of Intimacy

Manoura ez-Eldin, born in 1976, is one of the most promising of Egypt's young generation of writers. In her work, she paints an affectionate portrait of modern life in Egypt. Axel von Ernst visited her at work in Cairo
Germany's Role in the Gulf Region

Building Bridges between Europe and the Gulf States

German foreign policy should seek to consolidate the country's long-term strategic co-operation with partners in the Gulf region. After all, without a more active foreign policy, Germany risks sliding into a position of political insignificance in the Gulf. Eberhard Sandschneider reports