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  • 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.

  • Artwork of faceless women in short black dresses with short dark hair with the Turkish word "Cumhuriyet" in white
    Turkey's 100th and contemporary art

    What's left of the 'Republican woman'?

    The modern, well-educated, progressive woman was a key pillar of the Turkish Republic's social project when it was founded a hundred years ago. How have female visual artists engaged with this ideal and its reality?

  • Covering themes of rape, prostitution, poverty, homosexuality, religious fanaticism and much more, Fyzal Boulifa's latest film treats its subject matter in a delicate if disturbing way.
    "The Damned Don't Cry"

    Moroccan melodrama without the tears

    Covering a wide range of themes from rape and prostitution to poverty, homosexuality, and religious fanaticism, Fyzal Boulifa's latest film treats its subject matter in a delicate – if disturbing – way. By Shady Lewis Botros

  • In Turkey, concerts and festivals by artists at odds with the government line are being cancelled with increasing frequency. Islamist and nationalist groups are often responsible.
    Music festivals in Turkey

    Only "halal" festivals acceptable?

    In Turkey, concerts and festivals by artists at odds with the government line are being cancelled with increasing frequency. Islamist and nationalist groups are often responsible. Elmas Topcu and Aynur Tekin report

  • LGBTQ+ rights in Turkey

    Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric intensifies

    During this year's election campaigns, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vilified the LGBTQ+ community in an attempt to strengthen his support among conservative voters and drive a wedge between the parties of the opposition alliance. Now the government wants to introduce constitutional amendments that rights groups fear would further marginalise LGBTQ+ people. By Ayşe Karabat

  • "Something Strange, Like Hunger" by Malika Moustadraf

    Feminist and literary activist

    The Moroccan author Malika Moustadraf (1969 - 2006) wrote about sexuality, patriarchy and women's rights in her texts. When she died from chronic kidney disease aged just 37, she left behind an exciting, little-known literary legacy. By Melanie Christina Mohr

  • Some 5.2 million young Turks will vote for the first time in the May 14 presidential and legislative elections, and they could be key to deciding the country’s future.
    Generation Erdogan

    More than 5 million young Turks to vote for the first time

    Some 5.2 million young Turks will vote for the first time in the May 14 presidential and legislative elections, and they could be key to deciding the country’s future

  • FIFA World Cup in Qatar 2022

    Did LGBTQ rights campaigns in Qatar help or hinder?

    Protests by Western activists at the FIFA World Cup may have backfired and sparked a backlash against gay, lesbian and queer communities in Qatar, critics say. By Cathrin Schaer

  • Will they, won't they? This evening's semi between Morocco and France will decide whether the Arab world's World Cup fairytale will see Morocco facing Argentina in the final.
    Arab world on tenterhooks

    World Cup semi-final – "We are all Moroccans"

    Morocco has taken the 2022 World Cup by storm, with the northwest Africans reaching the semi-finals for the first time in their soccer history. As the knockout match approaches, Birgit Svensson's public viewing report from Baghdad throws a different light on Morocco's recent victories in Qatar

  • Author Mohamed Amjahid has studied the nature of love and desire from Cairo to Casablanca.
    Let's talk about sex, habibi!

    Love and desire from Cairo to Casablanca

    Berlin journalist Mohamed Amjahid writes humorously and very intimately about how people experience love and desire across North Africa. Melanie Christina Mohr read the book

  • While airing pro-Palestinian sympathies has been allowed at the Qatar 2022 World Cup – people were even handing out "Free Palestine" T-shirts ahead of Argentina's match with Poland on Wednesday – security forces have clamped down on fans seeking to show support for protesters in Iran, who have been demanding an end to clerical rule there.
    FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

    Football fans see double standard in stadium politics ban

    When is it and when is it not acceptable to display a political banner at the World Cup in Qatar? The answer seems to depend largely on the political message, with fans criticising what they see as inconsistent enforcement of FIFA rules by the host country.

  • Commentators from both inside and outside the Arabic-speaking world are asking why Qatar is being so harshly criticized, suggesting it has less to do with political issues and more to do with racism, Orientalism, even Islamophobia.
    Politics, Qatar and FIFA

    Is criticism of Qatar's World Cup racist?

    Locals in the Middle East have said European critics are showing bias and hypocrisy when they condemn Qatar. Observers agree that Qatar has had to deal with more criticism than usual for a World Cup host. Cathrin Schaer and Emad Hassan ask why

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