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  • Protesters waving flags and banners
    Islamists in Idlib

    Syrian protesters rise up against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

    Opponents of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad seeking refuge in Idlib are now protesting against local Islamist hardliners Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. The group is accused of becoming increasingly dictatorial

  • Houses destroyed in airstrikes in Rafah (on Sunday): Last Hamas-dominated town in the Gaza Strip
    Get out of Gaza

    Exploiting the Palestinians

    In view of the catastrophic situation in Gaza, Palestinians all over the world are trying to get relatives out of the sealed-off enclave. Unscrupulous Egyptian businessmen are cashing in on people's desperation. Qantara.de reports from Cairo

  • Main title: (The story of Olfa's Daughters)   Photo's title: (Olfa and her two Daughters in the premiere of the Tunisian movie Olfa's Daughters at the cinema of the Kulturbrauerei-Cinestar, Berlin Hall) Place & Date: (Berlin –18th Jan 2024) - Copyright / Photographer: Copyright for Qantara, Mohammed Magdy
    Tunisian film "Four Daughters"

    Painful family ties

    Two of Tunisian single mother Olfa Hamrouni's four daughters joined IS in Libya. For more than nine years now, Hamrouni has been fighting to be reunited with her daughters. Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania has made a moving feature-length documentary on her story

  • Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis demonstrate in Baghdad in what was probably one of the largest pro-Palestinian rallies
    Palestinians in Iraq

    Between sympathy and rejection

    Palestinians living in Saddam Hussein's Iraq were courted until his overthrow in 2003, after which they suffered widespread harassment. Ever since the onset of the Israeli offensive in Gaza, however, Iraqis have been keen to show their solidarity

  • The Syrian Orthodox Church of St Behnam and Sarah in Karakosh, Iraq
    Christians in Iraq

    The demons of Karakosh

    Christians in Iraq are under massive pressure. With the burning of a Koran by Christian Iraqi Salwan Momika in Sweden, the nationwide ban on alcohol, as well as the tragic fire at a recent wedding reception, life isn't getting any easier for them

  • 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

  • In their battle against the Islamic State's Afghan cell, the Taliban have appropriated the tactics of their former enemy:  the Afghan government and its U.S. backers. They, however, are more likely to receive support from regional actors.
    Afghanistan

    The Taliban’s "War on Terror"

    In their battle against the Islamic State's Afghan cell, the Taliban have appropriated the tactics of their former enemy: the Afghan government and its U.S. backers. They, however, are more likely to receive support from regional actors. Analysis by Emran Feroz

  • A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins, but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon.
    Trading in amphetamines

    How Syria became a narco state

    Captagon is now Syria's biggest export by far, dwarfing all its legal exports put together, according to estimates drawn from official data. An amphetamine derived from a once-legal treatment for narcolepsy and attention deficit disorder, it has become a huge drug in the Gulf, with Saudi Arabia by far the biggest market

  • Pakistan is in deep crisis and things are deteriorating fast. Many problems have domestic causes, but these are being compounded by global trends.
    Pakistan's economic crisis

    Sovereign debt overload

    Pakistan's economy is in deep crisis and things are deteriorating fast. Many problems have domestic causes, but these are being compounded by global trends. By Sundus Saleemi

  • Yazidis in Sinjar, Iraq

    The deep scars left by IS terror

    For centuries, the Yazidis lived in the northern Iraqi region of Sinjar. In 2014, the region was overrun by the so-called "Islamic State", which committed genocide against the Yazidi population. This brutal chapter in Yazidi history has left deep and lasting scars. To this day, the community in Sinjar is still picking up the pieces. By Birgit Svensson

  • When the Taliban swept back to power in Afghanistan just under two years ago, analysts warned that their return would also mean a return of the threat posed to neighbouring Pakistan by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a Taliban offshoot.
    Resurgence of Pakistan's Taliban

    Terror returns with the TTP

    When the Taliban swept back to power in Afghanistan just under two years ago, analysts warned that their return would also mean a return of the threat posed to neighbouring Pakistan by offshoot Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). By Mohammad Luqman

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    'Witnessing catastrophe'

    Iraq preserves memories of IS reign

    The horrors they endured under the Islamic State group may be in the past for the people of Iraq, but the traumatic memories remain. Now a research project is recording their witness testimonies for posterity.

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