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  • Children wandering among piles of rubble.
    Fostering in Gaza

    Finding parenthood in the wake of destruction

    Israel's war on Gaza has left thousands of children orphaned. Amid the devastation, couples unable to conceive are experiencing parenthood for the first time by fostering child survivors.

  • A man in uniform stands between Muslim graves.
    Syria's missing detainees

    "We did not expect so few had survived"

    The search for the missing is seen by many Syrians as crucial to rebuilding the nation. Mazin al-Balkhi of the International Commission on Missing Persons warns that the scale and arbitrary nature of the killings under Assad pose major challenges.

  • A child holds a poster of a man with suit.
    Syria after Assad

    A future built on citizenship and freedom

    Syria's new leadership has not made a clear enough commitment to civil liberties. An inclusive understanding of citizenship, rooted in the history of Arab national movements, is needed to ensure that the goals of the 2011 uprising are not lost from view.

  • A woman speaks into a megaphone at a demonstration, other women walk behind her.
    Claudia Mende's new book

    A century of Arab feminism

    For over a century, Arab women from Tunisia to Saudi Arabia have fought for their rights, against violence, and for autonomy over their lives and bodies. In her new book, Claudia Mende amplifies their voices.

  • Afghanische Schulmädchen besuchen am ersten Tag des neuen Schuljahres ihren Klassenraum in Kabul, Samstag, 25. März 2023. Das neue afghanische Schuljahr hat in Afghanistan begonnen, während die weiterführenden Schulen für Mädchen das zweite Jahr nach der Rückkehr der Taliban an die Macht im Jahr 2021 geschlossen blieben. (Foto: Picture Alliance / AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
    Podcast with Qantara author Emran Feroz

    "The question is: which human rights do the Taliban not violate?"

    In August 2021, the USA and its allies withdrew from Afghanistan. Emran Feroz joins the "Deep Dive" podcast to shed light on the human rights situation in the country after three years of Taliban rule.

  • Judges enter the hall of the International Court of Justice
    South Africa's lawsuit at the International Court of Justice

    In the centre of an international legal maelstrom

    Amidst rising geopolitical competition, South Africa has sought to position itself as a leading voice of the global south. The country sits outside the complex geopolitics that plague the Middle East but taking Israel to the International Court of Justice underlines the countries intentions, to play a new global role.

  • Ursula von der Leyen in Egypt with the Governor of North Sinai Mohamed Abdel-Fadil Shousha
    Europe and the Middle East

    “Context is crucial”

    Up to now, the EU has not assumed a significant mediation role in the Middle East. How can the EU foster trust and effectively contribute to a lasting peace solution following the Gaza conflict? What approach should it take towards authoritarian regimes in the region? Middle East historian Lorenzo Kamel offers insights.

  • A bronze statue of Justitia
    Europe and the Middle East conflict

    “Strict observance of international law”

    Recently, Norway, followed by the EU countries Ireland and Spain, has recognized a Palestinian state. How should the European Union respond and establish a unified stance? Can Europe provide positive impetus and ideas for a post-war order? How could these be realized?

  • Displaced Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip
    War in Gaza

    When children are seen as the enemy

    A racist view of Palestinian children contributes to an acceptance of the fact that they are dying in their thousands in Gaza

  • Displaced Syrian man Walid Muhammad Abdel-Baqi shows pictures of his dead son Walid on his phone
    Syrians in Lebanon

    Not safe to stay, not safe to go home

    Desperate Syrians are weighing up whether to stay in an increasingly hostile Lebanon or risk a precarious existence in areas held by the Syrian opposition. The return journey is deadly and conditions in Syria are tough

  • Israeli peace activist and former director of the Sulha Peace Project Yoav Peck
    Israeli peace activist Yoav Peck on the Gaza war

    "I am appalled by the hard-heartedness"

    Peace activist and former Sulha Peace Project director Yoav Peck talks about the Gaza war, the hardening of the fronts in Israel – and his vision for the future

  • Rohingya refugee sings for Ian Brennan's "Once We Had A Home" album
    Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan

    Recording Rohingyas' raw emotion

    Brennan's "Once We Had A Home" is a searing document of the reality faced by Rohingya refugees squeezed into the massive Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border

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