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Taking a tender look at life through the Kurdish lens

How can the various realities of Kurdish life, shaped by depression, resistance and war, be depicted in art? This is the question addressed by the “bê welat – the unexpected storytellers” exhibition in Berlin. Ceyda Nurtsch reports for Qantara.de

UAE's first female astronaut: "This is a huge responsibility"

"No water, no food": Zoo animals starve as Lebanon's economy crumbles

NATO chief: Worsening security situation in Sahel region "of great concern"

Why Hirak supporters are still piling on the pressure

Since February 2019, millions of Algerians have been demonstrating against the government. They first took to the streets to demand more democracy and protest the renewed candidacy of former authoritarian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

The Washington Post: "Zionism cannot produce a just peace"

"My Jewish community was fed a historical narrative divorced from reality: that Palestine was a largely uninhabited piece of desert before we settled it," writes Raphael Mimoun

"Two Gods" studies the life of a Muslim casket maker

Head of military junta Assimi Goita sworn in as President of Mali

Islamic institutions in Arab states: Mapping the dynamics of control, co-option and contention

The complex relations between the state and Islamic institutions in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Egypt, Algeria and Morocco shed light on evolving governance and have important implications for Western policies of countering violent extremism and conflict resolution.

KAS: "The Modern Arab State: A Decade of Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa"

Ten years after the Arab uprisings, democracy and its institutions in the region remain fragile and often cosmetic, and yet civil societies are aspiring and a new social contract is emerging with an increasingly empowered citizenry.