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Bremen Guantanamo Inmate's Fate Unclear

Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish national and the only prisoner from Germany at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, has been held there since early 2002. He now may have lost his right of residence in Germany. By Anja von Cysewski
Poems from Guantanamo

"Will Ya Ever Go Jihad Again?"

The book "Poems from Guantanamo" is a phenomenon: out of thousands of poems written by the detainees, 22 made it past the US censors. Now it's clear that the Islamists have also arrived on the Modernist poetry scene.
Closing Guantánamo

Systematic Secrecy

The new US president Barack Obama is fulfilling one of his election pledges: the Guantánamo prison camp is to be closed within one year. But it is still unclear what will happen to the prisoners. Sonja Ernst talked to Wolfgang S. Heinz from the German Institute for Human Rights about the issue
Shireen Hunter

Islam in Russia

Russia's Muslim community has been largely viewed through the prism of the Chechen war, despite its diversity reflecting the trajectory of both Islam's spread in Russia and Russia's imperial expansion into the Muslim lands. By Shireen Hunter
Sufism in Jordan

A Prism of Spirituality

In Jordan, Sufism is currently gaining ground, even attracting a wave of foreign seekers, both converts and those of Muslim heritage. Michael Gunn encountered various interpretations of what Sufism is or can be
Jihadism in Dagestan

A growing problem in the fight against terrorism

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia are known to be hotbeds of Islamist activity. For some time now, many young, radicalised Muslims have been leaving their homes in Europe and northern Africa to join the ranks of radical Islamist groups such as IS. However, little attention has thus far been paid to the number of jihadis coming out of the Russian Republic of Dagestan. By Kiran Nazish in Afghanistan
A New Wave of Violence in Pakistan

Good Taliban, Bad Taliban

Following the recent attacks in Pakistan, the question arises once more: how serious is the Pakistani army about its break with the Taliban, bearing in mind that it was the Pakistani army and the secret service which built up the Taliban in the first place? By Thomas Bärthlein
Interview with Nabil Al Raee of the Freedom Theatre

"We need more time to be more free"

Based in Jenin refugee camp, the Freedom Theatre is one of the few Palestinian cultural institutions that has succeeded in making a name for itself abroad, touring from India to the United States. Ylenia Gostoli caught up with Nabil Al Raee, who directed the Freedom Theatre's first production in 2006 and has been involved ever since. Al Raee, from Al Arroub refugee camp near Hebron, discusses the company's new production and how it fits into the theatre's rich and controversial history of "cultural resistance"
Life in the West Bank

The changing face of Ramallah

After the signing of the Oslo I Accord in 1993, Ramallah, the de-facto capital of the Palestinian Authority, became the biggest per-capita recipient of aid in the world. This, coupled with the influx of investment, turned the city into something of a boomtown. Ramallah's vibrant nightlife and work opportunities with international organisations have attracted many young people from the periphery of Palestine, but also criticism from those who ask how an occupied city can be so seemingly oblivious to what is happening just a few kilometres away or so willing to build over the city's heritage. By Ylenia Gostoli
Film review: "Dancing Arabs" by Eran Riklis

Dancing at two weddings

In his film "Dancing Arabs", Israeli director Eran Riklis presents us with a subtly nuanced study of social exclusion and the snares of cultural assimilation. In contrast to his previous works, however, Riklis has this time steered clear of any folklorisation of his Palestinian subjects and delivered a work that is utterly devoid of pretentiousness. By Viola Shafik