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"Palestine is like a prison"

The war in Gaza this past summer triggered memories of life during and after the second intifada in the West Bank. In Hebron in particular, many Palestinians fear that restrictions on their freedom of movement, which is already limited, could be tightened even more. Impressions of a divided city by Susanne Kaiser

''Muslims Can Have Democracy without Having to Leave Islam''

Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari is one of the world's most significant contemporary Shia clerics. In the second part of this interview with Fatma Sagir, Shabestari speaks about the compatibility of Islam and Democracy, and about how the Iranian revolution affected his philosophy

The Saudi parable

Recently, every report on Saudi Arabia′s erratic foreign policy seems to end up concluding that the Kingdom is simply battling it out with Iran for dominance of the region. All this does is wrap the incomprehensible in pseudo-plausibility. By Charlotte Wiedemann

Time is running out for Saad Hariri

In Lebanon, protests continue against the government. Prime Minister Saad Hariri has already lost a coalition partner. His power appears to be eroding. Diana Hodali reports from Beirut

Green Islam: The fair mosque

Urgent action required

Eight years of war in Syria have meant eight years of children being permanently exposed to violence. Many of them have been forced to leave their homes and now live in southern Syria, Jordan or Lebanon – often in precarious conditions. By Dagmar Wolf

Critique of Arab Reason

Mohammed Abed al-Jabri is without a doubt one of the most important contemporary Arab intellectuals. His work focuses on the failure of the Enlightenment in the Islamic world and the search for an Arab identity in modernity. Sonja Hegasy introduces the Moroccan philosopher

Palestine's hope in Netanyahu

While many in Israel were hoping for Netanyahu's electoral defeat, Palestinians were more reserved. They now expect the international community to exert more pressure on Israel. René Wildangel reports.

Common Ground for Christians, Jews and Muslims

Jerusalem is a focal point for three world religions. In the only music school in the Old City Christian, Jewish, and Muslim students learn together to make music. By Daniel Pelz

"A combined effort of the mind, the heart and the soul"

David Broza is one of Israel's most popular and best-selling recording artists and a long-standing supporter of the peace movement in his country. His latest album "East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem" features artists from Israel, Palestine and America and was recorded in a Palestinian-owned recording studio in East Jerusalem. Richard Marcus listened to the album and spoke to the artist