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Liz Clegg: the Jungle's surrogate mum

Liz Clegg has been working as a volunteer in the Calais "Jungle" camp since summer 2015. She turned up with a lorry-load of tents and wellies which she proceeded to distribute to the refugees. Since then, she has become something of a surrogate mother to the many unaccompanied minors who turn up in the camp

Pew Research Center: Islam and national laws in the Muslim world

22 young scholars to represent peaceful and tolerant Islam in UAE

Twenty-two young scholars were selected on Monday to become the peaceful and tolerant face of Islam and help to maintain the spiritual security of the UAE. The first Emirati Scholars Development Programme (ESDP) was launched in the capital, whereby students selected after a series of interviews will embark on a three-year programme to disseminate the true values of Islam

Preserving the Bedouin Heritage

The sounds of the major ethnic group of Saharan nomads remains relatively unknown in the West. Now for the first time Bedouin musicians from the Sinai Peninsula are taking their music out across the Egyptian borders. Stefan Franzen caught up with the Bedouin Jerry Can Band at a gig in Marseilles

A Program Filled with Diversity

The "Babel Med Music" world music forum is a symbol of the rapid transformation of Marseilles. The port city has long been regarded as something of a street urchin. Now it is being upgraded to a cultural metropolis of the Mediterranean region within the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. David Siebert reports

Teenager hopes to become first hijab-wearing ballerina

Editor-in-chief of MuslimGirl.net, Amani al-Khatahtbeh, in interview

"When Women's Faces Are Destroyed"

Over the last six years, more than 2,000 young women in Bangladesh have been the victims of acid attacks. Monira Rahman, director of the Acid Survivors Foundation, is awarded the Amnesty International Human Rights Award for her fight against these attacks. Ana Lehmann reports

Twitter users taunt Saudi Arabia

The hashtag #SueMeSaudi is soaring after a source at the Saudi Arabian justice ministry reportedly said he would sue a Twitter user who compared Saudi Arabia to the terror group "Islamic State"

Democracy activist Atef Botros detained in Egypt