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  • Jan Dost signs his book, a woman with a hijab stands in front of him.
    Jan Dost on writing in Arabic and Kurdish

    "Like being caught between two magnets"

    "Safe Corridor" is Jan Dost's first novel translated into English. The prolific Syrian writer explores the hardening impact of war on children and discusses the key differences between writing in Kurdish and Arabic.

  • Two hidden youngsters hold poster with face of a smiling man
    Öcalan and the PKK

    From terrorist to peacemaker

    On Saturday, the PKK declared a ceasefire in response to jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan's call to disarm. The collapse of the last Turkey-PKK ceasefire in 2015 triggered an eruption of violence. Will Öcalan succeed in ending the 47-year-old conflict this time?

  • A crowd of people celebrating, many Syrian revolutionary flags are being waved.
    Kurdish activist Siamend Hajo

    "We need to make use of Syria's transitional phase"

    As an advocate of a democratic, decentralised constitution, Siamend Hajo has been involved in the UN's Syria peace process for many years. Since Assad's fall, he has criticised the UN for kowtowing to the new rulers.

  • Menschen mit Schwimmwesten, die von Freiwilligen der Ocean Viking, einem von den Nichtregierungsorganisationen SOS Mediterranee und der Internationalen Föderation des Roten Kreuzes (IFCR) betriebenen Such- und Rettungsschiff für Migranten, zur Verfügung gestellt wurden, fahren in einem Holzboot, 27. August 2022, südlich der italienischen Insel Lampedusa im Mittelmeer (Foto: picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Jeremias Gonzalez)
    On fleeing to Germany

    Poems that strike a blow for freedom

    The new collection "Sei neben mir und sieh, was mir geschehen ist" (Be beside me and see what happened to me) features works by 29 poets who arrived in Germany as refugees. Their texts, written in German, Arabic, Kurdish, Persian, and Ukrainian, provide insights into their experiences.

  • A crowd of people make peace signs to the camera. Syrian revolutionary flags wave in the background.
    Syrians in Germany

    "We have suffered at the hands of this regime, its fall unites us"

    Stunned by the sudden collapse of the Assad regime, Syrians take their joy to the streets of Berlin. Some have already started planning their return home.

  • A group of young men carrying guns, one has a Syrian revolutionary flag wrapped around his shoulders.
    Dawn of a new era

    Zero hour in Syria

    After more than half a century in power, the Assad regime has fallen. The end of one of recent history's most brutal dictatorships has sparked both joy and deep uncertainty about the country's future. Who are Syria's most powerful factions? And are there any "good guys"?

  • Colourful children book in different languages
    Bilingual children's books

    Kurdish as a living language

    "When I was a child, I felt ashamed of my identity," says linguist and translator Marwan Sheikho. Determined to create a different reality for his own children, he's made his publishing debut with three bilingual Kurdish children's books.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Women burn incense in a procession during a mass funeral for Yazidi victims of Islamic State (IS) in the northern Iraqi village of Kojo in Sinjar district
    German immigration policy

    Yazidis relive the horror as deportation looms

    Recently Germany's "culture of welcome" has given way to a much tougher asylum and immigration policy. Now Yazidi survivors of IS genocide face an uncertain, potentially re-traumatising future

  • Armenian genocide denial is a great and enduring lie by the Turkish state, characterised by ongoing violence and racism. Yavuz Ekinci takes up the subject in an unsparing and powerful novel: "Das ferne Dorf meiner Kindheit" – 'the distant village of my childhood'. Gerrit Wustmann read the book
    The deserted villages of the soul

    Yavuz Ekinci's new novel

    Armenian genocide denial is a great and enduring lie by the Turkish state, characterised by ongoing violence and racism. Yavuz Ekinci takes up the subject in an unsparing and powerful novel: "Das ferne Dorf meiner Kindheit" – 'the distant village of my childhood'. Gerrit Wustmann read the book

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