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  • Still from the film "My Favourite Cake" with Lily Farhadpour, Esmail Mehrabi
    Cinema in Iran

    Unveiled women conquer the silver screen

    More and more Iranian films are breaking taboos – the results are being met with amazement both in and outside Iran. "My Favourite Cake", which premiered at the Berlinale in February, is just the latest example

  • Publishers and editors Iclal Ayse Kucukkirca and Handan Caglayan
    Women's movements in Turkey

    "We women have learned a lot from each other"

    From the Kurdish women's movement to the labour movement and Muslim feminists: the German anthology "Women's Movements in Turkey" builds a bridge between activism and academia. A conversation with the editors Iclal Ayse Kucukkirca and Handan Caglayan

  • Women sit and stand beneath white umbrellas in the sun at a Women Wage Peace/Women of the Sun event on 4 October 2023
    War in the Middle East

    Women for peace

    Israeli and Palestinian women have joined forces and are calling for a negotiated solution to the Middle East conflict. They say it is the only alternative to the murderous war

  • Headshot of a woman with shoulder-length brown hair (Najat Abed Alsamad)
    Najat Abed Alsamad's "Kein Wasser stillt ihren Durst"

    Searching for life

    Najat Abed Alsamad's award-winning novel, "La Ma'a Yarwiha", has been published in German translation as "Kein Wasser stillt ihren Durst" (No water quenches her thirst). In it, she tells the story of a young Druze woman who roundly rejects the traditional rules imposed on her by her parents and relatives and begins a long fight for her freedom

  • A smiling Muslim woman wearing a hijab sits and looks at her laptop
    Saudi Arabia

    Women drive the Kingdom's thriving startup scene

    A flourishing entrepreneurial scene is transforming the Saudi business world. Startups contribute to the nation's branding efforts and aim to tackle unemployment, as the Gulf state aims to move away from its dependence on oil

  • One year of civil war in Sudan
    A year of war in Sudan

    "We haven't lived in dignity for a long time"

    In her debut novel "A Mouth Full of Salt", Sudanese author and physician Reem Gaafar tells the intertwined stories of three women who are confronted with injustice. A conversation about responsible writing, role models and the forgotten war in Sudan

  • Two people stand outside a mosque after paint was sprayed on the façade of the building the night before, Leipzig, Germany, 20 April 2017
    The discourse about Islam in German politics

    From open to latent Islamophobia

    Sociologist and Islamic studies expert Imad Mustafa was commissioned by the Group of Independent Experts on Islamophobia (UEM) to conduct the first academic study of the discourse around Islam in Germany's political parties. His findings have recently been published in book form

  • 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

  • Afghanistan today: Women protest against the closure of beauty salons by the Taliban
    Afghanistan

    In the land of the hopeless

    More than two years after the Taliban seized power, Afghans are battling psychological problems in response to the apparent hopelessness of the situation in their country. A report from Kabul

  • View from the Biennale Terrace over the tributary of the Wadi Hanifa
    Contemporary Art Biennale in Riyadh

    What comes after the rain

    For the second time, a biennale for contemporary art is taking place in Riyadh. It stands for Saudi Arabia's new policy of opening up and focuses on the theme of nature and environment. A report from Riyadh

  • Participants in and organisers of the KA.DER project to increase the number of Turkish women in all elected, decision-making positions
    Women in Turkey's local elections

    Believe in the power of women!

    As Turkey heads towards local elections in March, Qantara.de contributor Ayse Karabat has been helping train female hopefuls seeking to race in these and future elections in a country where women's representation in politics remains staggeringly low. A special report

  • Many women were among the victims of the Hamas October 7 terror attacks
    Hamas and sexual violence

    "No atrocity ever justifies another atrocity"

    In early December, it was made public that Hamas fighters had systematically used sexual violence on 7 October. For international law expert Heidi Matthews, the offences undoubtedly require rigorous investigation. At the same time, however, the accusations are also being used as justification for Israel's disproportionate response in Gaza

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