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Medical tourism trendTurkey's plastic surgery boom
Ever more people are visiting Turkey from abroad for nose jobs, hair transplants and similar procedures. Prices are low, but what are the risks?
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Migration and the white majorityRacism can make you sick
If you've experienced racial discrimination, you'll know how it feels. Racism can cause high blood pressure, excess weight and mental health problems
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Hamas attacks on IsraelSix months of grief and anger
While support for Israel's war in Gaza, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 30,000 Palestinians, remains high among Jewish Israelis, the government is also under pressure to get the remaining hostages back
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Islam in GermanyMuslims in the German military set to get their own chaplaincy
Soldiers of the Islamic faith in Germany's armed forces have long lacked the pastoral care available to their Christian and Jewish counterparts. What was once seen as politically impossible is about to change.
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Imams from Germany"The idea of a German Islam isn't all that strange"
Ender Çetin is one of the first imams to have been trained in Germany. Are these imams the bridge-builders Germany needs right now?
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Climate change in IraqWhen the water buffalo die
Iraq is one of the nations hardest hit by climate change. But the 'land between the two rivers' isn't just drying out, it's also battling groundwater contamination as a result of oil production
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Lebanon's TripoliOld wounds and new problems on "Syria Street"
Syria Street in Tripoli, Lebanon's second-largest city, was a microcosm of the Syrian Civil War for many years. Nowadays, a fragile calm hides the complexities of Lebanon's past and the resilience of its people
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Islam's holy monthWhy more non-Muslims are taking part in Ramadan
Ramadan's observance is widespread in the Middle East, often involving non-Muslims in the region's celebrations. In Christian-majority countries, participation has been less common, but this trend is starting to shift
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The story of a young artist in GazaWhen the pain begins to draw
Drawing on the walls of buildings in the Gaza Strip is a way for 21-year-old artist Menna Hamouda to express the trauma inflicted by five months of pain and destruction
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Israeli–Palestinian dialogueIsraelis and Palestinians team up in Germany to help Gazans
In Germany, a unique Israeli–Palestinian initiative is helping to organise urgently needed sanitary facilities and shelter for people in Gaza. Its members say that taking action in this way helps them deal with the anxiety they feel as a result of the conflict. Their group also shows that dialogue is possible even in difficult times
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Rumi, mystic and poetMessage of love: Qantara series on the 750th anniversary of Rumi's death
Even after seven and a half centuries, Rumi's verses have lost nothing of their depth and transformative power. A series of articles by Qantara.de marking the 750th anniversary of the death of the Persian poet Rumi
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Women in IraqBreaking down barriers and pushing for independence
After two incredibly tough decades for women since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, it is now cool to be young and female in Iraq. A report from Baghdad
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Sex tourism in Egypt
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Jan Dost on writing in Arabic and Kurdish
"Like being caught between two magnets"
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Interview with Karen Armstrong
Islamist violence is "in part a product of Western disdain"
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Lebanese singer Fairuz
The "grande dame" of Arab music turns 85
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Stefan Weidner on pre-Islamic poetry
"Poetry in its true fullness"
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Turkey
"Red Buds" – a TV series divides the country