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Graffiti of Sudan's revolution: murals depict struggle to bring change

A look at the street art from Sudanese youth during the uprising against former president Omar Hassan Al Bashir.

Triple talaq: Goodbye and good riddance

India′s Supreme Court recently declared the Islamic practice of "instant divorce" to be anti-constitutional. The judges argued that since ″triple talaq″ is not an integral part of the Muslim faith, it is not subject to protection under the principle of religious freedom. Ronald Meinardus reports from New Delhi

Life in a war zone

It is his third novel – and the darkest one to date: in "Red Birds", Mohammed Hanif, the well-known Pakistani novelist and author, makes us re-think our Western notions about everyday life in a conflict setting. Interview by Claudia Kramatschek

Test Loay

Der schmerzhafte Wandel der arabischen Welt

Senegalʹs "talibes" – begging for Islam

Barricades and books in restive Kashmir neighbourhood

Scars on Middle East landscape bear witness to past peace failures

Afghan Legal Principles under Examination

After having been threatened with a death sentence as a punishment for his conversion from Islam to Christianity, Abdul Rahman has been set free. Peter Philipp argues that the case continues to raise fundamental questions about the "Afghanistan Project"

Divided over narratives: The new fault line in the Arab World

The narratives that divide the Middle East today are no longer predominately about Sunni versus Shia, Arab versus Persian, or Muslim versus Jew; instead, they are about pluralism versus authoritarianism, Islamism versus “counterterrorism”, civilian rule versus military rule, and civil society empowerment versus civil society regulation.