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The Internet: A New and Liberating Medium

In Iran, many journalists discover the Internet as a liberating new medium. Various online magazines are able to publish without any major restrictions. This, however, might change in the near future.
Iran: Anomymity of the Internet Fosters Freedom of Expression

According to a current report by “Reporters Without Borders”, Iran is still “the biggest journalists’ jail in the Middle East”. Nonetheless, some journalists are optimistic – thanks to the Internet.
Opinion

Europe Cannot Afford to Reject Turkey!

One issue in the European election campaign will be Turkey's interest in joining the EU. In spite of conservative fears, Europe cannot afford to reject Turkey. A commentary by Baha Güngör
Getting Cross with “Der Spiegel”

A week after the German Federal Constitutional Court pronounced its ruling in the “headscarf debate”, Germany’s leading weekly magazine Der Spiegel devoted its feature article on Muslims in Germany. Katajun Amirpur read the Spiegel for Qantara.de.
Journalists Exchange

The Positive Side of Globalization

In the course of an exchange program four Arabic cultural publicists from the Middle East came to Germany this past summer. Now it was time for four German journalists to return the visit. Bernhard Hillenkamp reports
Film Portrait of Young Muslims in Germany

"I'm My Own Country!"

Ertan, Alban, Ali and Kais, from Turkey, Albania, Morocco and Tunisia: Bettina Braun has created a portrait of four young Muslims in Germany. Marion Hetzel spoke to the documentary film director and one of her protagonists
Helena Waldmann in Ramallah

"The Gaza Strip Is a Prison Without a Ceiling"

Berlin choreographer Helena Waldmann recently presented her new work in a refugee camp in Ramallah. The film, made in cooperation with the Palestinian dance company El Funoun, deals with everyday life in the Gaza Strip. By Dorothea Marcus
Mobile Mini Circus for Children

Making Mullahs Smile

Started in the summer of 2002 in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the 'MMCC' aims to support traumatized children. Sponsored mainly from Denmark and the US, the circus pursues therapeutic as well as educational goals. Martin Gerner reports
Interview with Jonas Hassan Khemiri

Immigrants Who Can Do More Than Just Rap

In his literary debut, "One Eye Red", first published in Sweden, Jonas Hassan Khemiri tells the story of 15-year-old Halil, whose diary is an attempt to write himself an "Arab identity". Christine Müller spoke with the author
Portrait Abdelkader Saadoun

Fish out of Water – A Raï Musician in London

Raï has crossed the channel and gained ground in Great Britain. One of its sprouts is Abdelkader Saadoun, the self-proclaimed "King of Raï in the UK". Tareq Al-Arab met up with a self-confident artist in exile