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  • Men in press waistcoats stand around a laid-out body.
    Post-Assad Syria

    "Let freedom of the press be enshrined as sacrosanct"

    The collapse of the Assad regime must not only mark the end of an era steeped in fear and oppression, but it must also serve as the dawn of a new chapter in the country’s history. Syrian independent media outlets publish their demands to the new government.

  • 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

  • Al Jazeera and Channel 14
    War propaganda in Israel and the Arab world

    Spewing poison in both directions

    In addition to the actual warfare in Gaza, another, lesser known burden is weighing on the prospects for a better future in the Middle East. Influential media channels are lending support to the most radical forces on both sides of the conflict

  • A pro-Palestinian rally in Yemen's capital Sanaa on 5 January
    Germany and the Gaza war

    Arab criticism of German hypocrisy

    Germany used to be a role model for the Arab world. That has changed since the Israeli army killed thousands of civilians in the war against Hamas – with barely a murmur of opposition from German politicians

  • A child sits with his head in his hands as people salvage belongings from the rubble of a damaged building following strikes on Rafah, Gaza Strip, 12 November 2023
    Israel-Hamas war

    Arab attitudes are hardening against Israel

    The prospect of normalised relations between Israel and Arab nations is fading as public anger at Israel's on-going bombardment of Gaza grows. Could it lead to radicalisation or violent extremism in the Middle East?

  • 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

  • By deciding to portray Cleopatra as an Egyptian and thus as an African ruler, the new docu-series also aims to rehabilitate the ruler historically. But good intentions don't always produce good results.
    Netflix series "Queen Cleopatra"

    Controversial patchwork history

    The decision by Netflix' latest documentary series to portray Cleopatra as an Egyptian and thereby an African ruler is partly aimed at rehabilitating her as a historical figure. But good intentions don't always produce good results, as Shady Lewis Botros argues

  • A debate is raging in Israel over the establishment of a National Guard. The project, which raises concerns about the minister in charge forming his own "private militia", is not really new, nor is it feasible as envisaged, observes Joseph Croitoru
    Israel's National Guard

    Itamar-Ben Gvir's controversial plans

    A debate is raging in Israel over the establishment of a National Guard. The project, which raises concerns about the minister in charge forming his own "private militia", is not really new, nor is it feasible as envisaged, observes Joseph Croitoru

  • Saudi Arabia's brand new data protection law, which comes into force early 2023, doesn't allow data collectors to disclose personal data except when a government requests it for security purposes.
    Data centre plans in Saudi Arabia

    Google puts Saudi activists in danger

    Internet giant Google is creating a "cloud region" in Saudi Arabia. It says it will protect users there. But digital rights activists say the firm will be putting the lives of government critics at risk. Cathrin Schaer reports

  • Islam in the modern world

    The rise and rise of Muslim influencers

    In recent decades, Muslim piety has gone through a number of qualitative transformations, the most prominent of which is the emerging phenomenon of "Islamic influencers", which represents a new type of Islamic religiousness that combines globalisation and the values of Western modernity and is easy and effortless. By Ahmad Saif al-Nasr

  • Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are among those countries increasingly misusing cybercrime legislation to silence dissent and curb freedom of speech.
    Middle East

    How cybercrime laws are used to silence dissent

    Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are among those countries increasingly misusing cybercrime legislation to silence dissent and curb freedom of speech. Could a new global cybercrime framework under UN supervision save regime critics? Jennifer Holleis reports

  • Deutsche Welle in the Middle East

    We need dialogue

    When times are tough, the exchange of ideas and perspectives becomes especially important. It takes dialogue. And at Deutsche Welle, we need distributors and cooperative partners for that – now more than ever. By Peter Limbourg

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