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  • The Syrian actor Lojain Ismail in Muawiya's series.
    TV series "Muawiya"

    Historical Ramadan drama fuels controversy

    The Saudi-produced television series “Muawiya” emerged as a talking point during Ramadan, sparking debate throughout the Middle East. Both Iran and Iraq have banned the show which charts the life of one of the most controversial figures in Islamic history.

  • Anti-government fighters celebrate in a street of Aleppo, Syria, on December 03, 2024.
    Syrian-Kurdish politician Elham Ahmed

    "Syria should be governed federally like Iraq or the UAE"

    Elham Ahmed, the foreign representative of northeast Syria, voices concern for minorities in Aleppo following the city’s recent capture. In an interview with Qantara, she outlines her vision of a decentralised Syria and comments on the German debate over the deportation of criminal refugees.

  • Iraqi women protesting, front one holding Iraqi flag (photo: Picture Alliance/AP | H. Mizban)
    Reform of Iraq's Personal Status Law

    Are Shiite forces on the verge of victory?

    The Personal Status Law in Iraq encompasses regulations on marriage, divorce, child custody, inheritance and more. It could soon be amended, with dramatic consequences for women's and children's rights. Feminists and left-leaning political parties have mobilised to defend it.

  • View of destroyed buildings in the historic centre of the city of Mosul
    Restoring the IS-destruction of cultural heritage

    Key to overcome the past

    A decade after Islamic State militants tried to destroy the rich history of Iraq and Syria, the hard work to rebuild the nations' cultural heritage continues. The ancient city of Hatra succumbed to an attack by Islamic State fighters. It’s now being repaired.

  • Iranian Kurdish singer Hani Mojtahedi
    Kurdish singer Hani Mojtahedi

    Myths re-imagined

    Kurdish singer Hani Mojtahedi and German electro legend Andi Toma of Mouse On Mars have collaborated on an album that also pays homage to Mojtahedi’s grandfather, a Sufi master

  • View of the Kurdish town of Sulaymaniyah
    Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan

    Kurds drifting away from democracy

    In Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan, regional elections are being repeatedly postponed, institutions weakened and structures are becoming more autocratic

  • An Iranian pro-government supporter woman holds an anti-Israel poster on Palestine Street in downtown Tehran on 14 April 2024
    Israel, the USA and the Islamic Republic

    Understanding Iran's "offensive-defensive" strategy

    April 2024 not only saw Iran's unprecedented direct assault on Israel but also a violent crackdown on women in Iran refusing to wear the hijab. So what is behind Tehran's conflicting sense of hubris and insecurity?

  •  Supporters of the Popular Mobilisation Forces burn a rainbow flag during a protest in Tahrir Square in Baghdad
    Dangerous Instagram?

    Iraqi LGBTQ+ community loses safe space

    It was always double-edged, but in Iraq, social media was often a comparatively safe place where the local queer community could meet. Recent amendments to Iraqi law are changing all that

  • Novelist Sherko Fatah
    Sherko Fatah's Great Wish

    A daughter estranged

    In his new novel "Der große Wunsch", award-winning author Sherko Fatah tells the story of a father whose daughter meets a supporter of IS and follows him to the Syrian war zone

  • Hussam Qais Taha with a water buffalo
    Climate change in Iraq

    When 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

  • Women dressed in black carrying placards and Iraqi flags demonstrating on Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq in 2019
    Women in Iraq

    Breaking 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

  • Back to the Iraqi marshes

    In 1978, Sylvia Furrer and Holger Hoffmann backpacked through Iraq. 45 years later, they returned with their own vehicle in search of the 'mudhifs', the meeting houses of the Marsh Arabs. Text by Sylvia Furrer, photos by Holger Hoffmann

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