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  • Two women are standing in a house lounge, looking into the shadow.
    "Fighting the Flow" by Algerian author Saïd Khatibi

    The weight of colonial memory

    Saïd Khatibi's "Fighting the Flow" explores French colonialism's violent legacy in Algerian society after the War of Liberation. The novel poses the question: can individuals liberate themselves from their past?

  • Ein Mann mit Benzinkanistern in einer Straße im Gazastreifen (picture alliance / Zumapress | D. El-Baz Apaimages)
    New books on Gaza

    Turning point, failure, moral abdication

    Four well-known authors address the global consequences of Gaza's destruction and Western support for Israel, or as one frames it: the "world after Gaza". Charlotte Wiedemann takes a look.

  • Commemoration and remembrance – Germany is still considered a role model – Memorial Day for the liberation of Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Brandenburg
    Germany, the Holocaust and colonialism

    Controversy over 'culture of remembrance' reform

    Germany's coalition government wants to expand its remembrance culture to include the country's colonial history. Initial proposals have been met with criticism, in particular from heads of Holocaust memorial sites

  • Professor Kenneth M. Cuno
    Marriage, religion and love in Egypt

    The long road to modernising marriage

    American historian Kenneth M. Cuno talks to Qantara.de about the decline of polygamy in Egypt, the emergence of love when choosing a marriage partner, and what role Muhammad Abduh and Qasim Amin played in promoting new ideas about marriage and the family

  • In May 2023, Algerian author Said Khatibi won the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Award in the young author category for his historical crime novel "Nihayat al-Sahra'" – in English, 'the End of the Sahara'.
    Algeria – wasteland for Arabic literature

    Big Brother is watching you

    In May 2023, Algerian author Said Khatibi won the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Award in the young author category for his historical crime novel "Nihayat al-Sahra'" – in English, 'the End of the Sahara'. Claudia Mende caught up with Khatibi in Abu Dhabi for Qantara.de

  • Muslims are already excluded from French political life: that’s the real 'abaya' issue

    Abaya-wearing girls are seen not simply as students, but as envoys of global Islamism conspiring against the French nation, writes Kaoutar Harchi for The Guardian

  • State-issued invites sent to guests of this week's G20 meeting referred to India's president, Droupadi Murmu, as "President of Bharat". Is the country of more than 1.4 billion now to be called by its ancient Sanskrit name?
    Is it India? Is it Bharat?

    Modi government pushes for Sanskrit name

    It began with a dinner invitation. How it ends could affect more than a billion people. State-issued invites sent to guests of this week's G20 meeting referred to India's president, Droupadi Murmu, as "President of Bharat". Is the country of more than 1.4 billion now to be called by its ancient Sanskrit name?

  • Edward W. Said Days in Berlin: The legacy of a visionary bridge-builder

    With this year's "Edward Said Days" marking the 20th anniversary of the death of the Palestinian-American literary scholar, the Berlin Barenboim-Said Academie and the Pierre Boulez Hall opened their 2023/24 season on 26 August 2023. By Ceyda Nurtsch

  • The orchestra's repertoire includes symphonic works, operas and chamber music. Concert highlights have included performances at the Berlin Philharmonie or Milan's Teatro alla Scala. The orchestra is a regular guest at the BBC Proms and the festivals in Salzburg and Lucerne
    Edward W. Said Days in Berlin

    Music – facilitator of intercultural dialogue

    How can Edward Said's ideas help people better understand Yoko Ono's performance art, pre-colonial rhythms from Africa or the music of Christian missionaries in Japan? The Edward W. Said Days in Berlin marking 20 years since the literary scholar's death explored a whole range of questions. Ceyda Nurtsch reports

  • Arab-Andalucian music

    Musical "Romances" between Muslims and Christians

    On 19 August, the Accademia del Piacere ensemble from Seville will celebrate the marriage of Muslim and Christian musical culture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries at the Cologne Philharmonic. Tunisian singer Ghalia Benali will join the musicians on stage as their special guest. By Stefan Franzen

  • Although there are more people with an ethnic minority background among UK politicians, writers who do anti-racism work are being demonised.
    People of Colour in the UK

    Why anti-racism work is under threat

    Although there are more people with an ethnic minority background among UK politicians, writers who do anti-racism work are being demonised. Journalist and author Afua Hirsh discusses the phenomenon with Manasi Gopalakrishnan

  • It's calm in France's suburbs again after the recent riots. But cultural activists say the uprising's causes run deep and are calling for fundamental reforms.
    France after the Nahel riots

    Healing racism wounds through culture

    It's calm in France's suburbs again after the recent riots. But cultural activists say the uprising's causes run deep and are calling for fundamental reforms. By Lisa Louis

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