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The Reception of the Other

Western Painters of the Orient, Orientalists in the East

In two books that cast light on the history of the reception of the Orient and the Occident, the New Yorker Kristian Davies looks at images, while the Egyptian Muhammad Immara studies texts. Wolfgang G. Schwanitz reports
"Staging the Orient"

The Dark Underbelly of the Belle Époque

The Orient of the belle époque is sensual: glittering, sweet-smelling, enchanting. It is noble, yet hedonistic to the point of overkill, and deliriously seductive. In his new publication, Wolf-Dieter Lemke examines the deceitful splendour of the age
Syrian Sitcoms

Religion, Politics and Sexuality Are Sensitive Issues

The series Hakaya wa Khafaya will be shown on Syrian television during Ramadan. German actress Meike Schlüter played a role in the production that also features Andrej Skaf, one of Syria's best-loved television actors. Manuela Römer reports
Istanbul Off-Spaces – Independent Art Spaces in Dialogue

Fear of God and Reciprocal Visits

Istanbul's alternative artists have begun creating important niches for a dialogue on society: in independent art spaces and beyond the established art scene. Irmgard Berner visited the exhibition "Istanbul-Off-Spaces" in Berlin Kreuzberg
Jewish and Muslim mysticism

Jewish mystics on the Sufi path

The Middle East conflict has dug deep trenches of enmity between Jews and Muslims. That makes it easy to forget that, for centuries, the two religions contributed much to each other's philosophy and spirituality. Nimet Seker looks at the influence of Muslim Sufism on Jewish mysticism
The European Union and Palestine

EU Policies Frustrate Policy Aims

If a Hamas-Fatah unity government is formed, the EU should work with it if it adopts a platform reflecting the Quartet principles, argues Muriel Asseburg in her analysis
Middle East Quartet Meeting in Germany

No Tangible Progress, But Important Signals

The Arab states are to be involved more strongly in revitalising the peace process in the Middle East in future. That is the outcome of the meeting of the "Middle East Quartet" in Berlin this week. Rainer Sollich comments
Who Is Hidden beneath the Burqa?

An Appeal to the West

Sahar Khalifeh is considered one of the most prominent Palestinian writers. In this essay, she argues that Western imperialism is indirectly responsible for the return of mandatory veiling for women in the Islamic world
Samir Kassir

The Arab Malaise

A year before he was murdered, Samir Kassir published a short book in France under the provocative title "Thoughts on the Arab Malaise". It is written from the viewpoint of one of the shrewdest and most incisive Arab intellectuals. Susan Javad has read it
Analysis Fred Halliday

The Left and the Jihad

United in their rejection of capitalism and Western imperialism, Islamists and the political Left have – in a more recent development – begun to forge alliances. Taking a closer look at their historical enmity, however, shows that the two do not at all make a good match, says Fred Halliday