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FINO: Forum Islam and Middle East

The Forum Islam and Middle East (FINO) was established at the University of Berne in 2018 and sees itself as a transdisciplinary competence centre for documentation, knowledge transfer and academic services in the field of Islam and the Middle East (IME).

Bicentenary of Napoleon: A controversial legacy

Classic Somali beef stew

Bangladesh extends lockdown to keep India's COVID variant at bay

ARTE documentary: Looking at the rights of women

DW honours Nigerian reporter Tobore Ovuorie for defending the voiceless

Tobore Ovuorie is DW's 2021 Freedom of Speech Award winner. The investigative journalist's undercover work has given a voice to those hushed in Nigerian society. Her courage almost cost her her life.

Covering Edward Said – 40 years of Islam, media and the West

Author and columnist Nesrine Malik explores the legacy of Edward Said's "Covering Islam", published forty years ago – and his views on the relationship between Islam and the media.

"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.