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  • Ein Zelt auf einem Platz. Davor sitzen Männer auf einer Mauer.
    Migration to Europe

    "Fight the causes of flight, not the people forced to leave"

    Afghan-Greek political activist Nasim Lomani is dedicated to supporting refugees. He argues that as long as the EU continues to overlook the realities on the ground, the number of people fleeing Afghanistan will only rise.

  • December 8, 2024, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey: Syrians living in Turkey celebrate after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, at Sarachane Square in Istanbul, Turkey, December 8, 2024. (Photo: picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Tolga Uluturk)
    Turkey and post-Assad Syria

    Bound together by fate, history and migration

    Turkey’s close ties to the new Syrian regime have reignited fierce debates at home. In Syria, Turkey sees a reflection of its own deep divisions—Islamist vs. secular, Alawite vs. Sunni, Turkish vs. Kurdish.

  • Radfahrer vor Wahlkampfplakaten
    German elections 2025

    Debates on the Middle East, migration and antisemitism

    Germany heads to the polls on 23 February. Where do the main parties stand on migration, Israel and Gaza, antisemitism and the future of Syria?

  • 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.

  • Two men sit facing away from the camera, looking over a field of makeshift shelters built from timber and corrogated iron.
    Sudanese refugees in Chad

    An uncertain future

    More than half a million people have fled war in Sudan into neighbouring Chad. Humanitarian workers are scrambling to provide support amid overcrowding, limited funding and widespread trauma.

  • A man and two women wearing headscarves stand in front of a memorial plaque for the victims of the knife attack in Solingen.
    Deportations to Afghanistan and Syria

    The rule of law and its careless enemies

    Those who turn to Assad or the Taliban instead of the German constitutional state when it comes to questions of security, fail to understand what makes those regimes tick.

  • 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

  •  The storefront where a bomb exploded 20 years ago, the shop window filled with portraits of people
    Germany's multicultural society

    Racism 'on the rise' 20 years after NSU bombing

    On 9 June 2004, a nail bomb exploded in the heart of a bustling Turkish community in Cologne. German officials quickly rejected the notion that the attack was motivated by racism – and they accused the victims instead

  • Iranian author Nassir Djafari
    Nassir Djafari's "Der Großcousin"

    On the run

    A man who has lost touch with his Iranian roots meets a distant relative fleeing to Germany at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015. "Der Großcousin", Nassir Djafari's third novel, makes for a thrilling and topical read

  • Houses destroyed in airstrikes in Rafah (on Sunday): Last Hamas-dominated town in the Gaza Strip
    Get out of Gaza

    Exploiting the Palestinians

    In view of the catastrophic situation in Gaza, Palestinians all over the world are trying to get relatives out of the sealed-off enclave. Unscrupulous Egyptian businessmen are cashing in on people's desperation. Qantara.de reports from Cairo

  • Even before the mass protests against the AfD in 2024, a cultural movement was forming against the rise of the far right
    German culture scene unites against far-right

    "The Many" against the AfD

    Germany's right-wing AfD continues to gain ground in the polls. Many involved in the country's cultural scene fear the party will restrict artistic freedoms following the next election and have therefore launched their own campaign

  • Hope for the opposition after the 2024 local elections in Turkey
    After the local elections in Turkey

    An end to AKP rule?

    Last week's local election results in Turkey are a setback for the ruling AKP party and President Erdogan – but do they also herald an end to the party's uncontested power?

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