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Azhar Scholars Debate the Civil Society

Let's Not Talk About Politics!

Scholars at the Islamic Azhar University welcome civic participation – just as long as it stays apolitical, as Lennert Lehmann writes in his analysis
Commentary Patrick Seale

Can the Arabs Join the Modern World?

Renowned Arab world expert Patrick Seale argues that in order to be able to become part of the modern world, the Arab nations ought to follow Turkey’s example. And the West must not leave Arab nations alone.
Geneva Initiative

New Hope for Palestinian-Israeli Dialogue

"Yes to the Accord!" was the slogan of an ambitious media campaign that was initiated one year after the signing of the Geneva Accord by Palestinian and Israeli politicians hoping to end the Middle East conflict. Igal Avidan reports
The Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections

Reforming Lebanon's Political Culture

When the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections was founded in 1996, it planned to curb the widespread corruption of elections. In this year's election, the NGO is cautiously supported by the government. Bernhard Hillenkamp reports
Berlin Contradicts EU's Solana on Iraq

The German government reiterated it would not send troops to help stabilize Iraq, contradicting EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who said Berlin was no longer opposed helping out militarily.
Abdullah Abu Sayeed

Magsaysay Prize for Social Engagement

At the end of August seven people from Asia were awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Prize in Manila. Abdullah Abu Sayeed is one of the prize winners. Ronald Meinardus introduces him
Portrait

Ahdaf Soueif: Developing a Euro-Arab Literature

Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif is an Egyptian writer who made it big in Great Britain. As a nominee for the Booker Prize she is among the growing number of authors who are developing a so-called "Euro-Arab Literature", writes Yafa Shanneik.
Book Review

Secularised Life of Saints

A book about God and the world: that, no more and no less, is what the well-known Islam expert, Navid Kermani, offers us in "Forty Lives", a collection of short stories which originally appeared in the Frankfurter Rundschau. By Anne-Bitt Gerecke
Germany

Popular Cinema, Turkish-Style

Turkish films are securing a place in German cinemas now that producers have discovered a new target audience of German-Turks. Far from being on the fringe, the films are making it into the nation's biggest theaters. By Amin Farzanefar
Nigeria

Watch Out Hollywood, Here Comes Nollywood

South Africa might be the special focus at this year's Berlin film festival, but the continent's movie industry epicenter seems to lie further north: Thousands of low-budget pictures are released in Nigeria every year.