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The Moroccan-Belgian Writer Rachida Lamrabet

Dreaming of "Woman Country"

In her novel "Woman Country", Rachida Lamrabet describes the painful soul-searching of a Moroccan woman who has emigrated to Belgium. The young woman finds herself torn between a western lifestyle and the traditions of her homeland. A review by Volker Kaminski
Big in the Netherlands

Dutch Authors of Moroccan Origin

Authors of Moroccan origin are the latest craze in the Netherlands. Their approach to Dutch language and society is fresh and original. Ilja Braun introduces us to two quite different of these authors – Hafid Bouazza and Abdelkader Benali
Integrating Islam in Europe

Tolerance Cannot Be Based on Fear

In order to successfully integrate Muslims, European societies have to demand that they embrace the principle of religious freedom. However, this also entails a strict separation of church and state in Europe, writes Paul Scheffer in his essay
Driss ben Hamed Charhadi and Paul Bowles

A Life Full of Holes

Driss ben Hamed Charhadi was an illiterate Moroccan servant and street vendor, Paul Bowles was a renowned American novelist and essayist. In 1964 they published "A Life Full of Holes" – a congenial project of literary cooperation. Richard Marcus reviewed the new edition of the book
Raising awareness about Salafism in German schools

Symbolic acts alone are not enough

What is the appropriate way to inform young Muslims in schools about the dangers of Salafism? In co-operation with the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, the association ufuq.de provides teaching materials on Islam, Islamophobia, Islamism and democracy. Gotz Nordbruch provides a personal account of preventive work in this field
"The Arabian Nights"

Obscene Pornography or a Great Work of Culture?

Voices in the Arab world want to censor, "purify" or even ban 'The Arabian Nights'. Conservative lawyers in Egypt want to take a new edition off the market and replace it with an edition from which all "obscene" words have been removed. By Samir Grees
China's Involvement in Sudan

Criticism of the Red Giant

While China and Sudan have been celebrating record levels of trade, there's increasing unhappiness among the people of Sudan about China's role in the country. Human rights activists criticise China's behaviour in the Darfur conflict and elsewhere. By Marc Engelhardt
Darfur Peace Accord

Say What You Like on Paper

After almost two years, talks moderated by the African Union on the future of Darfur have finally produced results. Yet many doubt that the government in Khartoum and the rebels are truly serious about making peace. Marc Engelhardt reports
The International Criminal Court and Darfur

A Perfidious International Statute

Two years ago the International Criminal Court started to investigate war crimes in the Sudanese conflict zone of Darfur. Klaus Dahmann spoke with the French international law expert and ICC Darfur Commission member Hadi Shalluf about the state of the investigations
The Bashir Arrest Warrant

Both Symbolic and Important

The call for an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir may just be a symbolic move, but Bashir and his cronies will still have to react to the genocide charges, says Stefanie Duckstein