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  • A view from the mountains of a town built into a cliff face.
    Christians in Syria

    Fear lingers in an ancient community

    In the predominantly Christian town of Maaloula, residents hold differing views on al-Sharaa and the safety of their community in the new Syria. For many, memories of the 2013 Nusra Front attack remain—and mistrust runs deep.

  • Jan Dost signs his book, a woman with a hijab stands in front of him.
    Jan Dost on writing in Arabic and Kurdish

    "Like being caught between two magnets"

    "Safe Corridor" is Jan Dost's first novel translated into English. The prolific Syrian writer explores the hardening impact of war on children and discusses the key differences between writing in Kurdish and Arabic.

  • Security guard with gun and girl in red car.
    Sectarian massacre on Syrian coast

    "I am the sole survivor of my family"

    Survivors of the violence unleashed in Syrian coastal cities in early March tell Qantara their stories. Warning: the testimonies contain details of the indiscriminate killings of Alawite civilians and may be disturbing.

  • 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.

  • Trump holding  a document to the camera, his signature clearly visible at the bottom.
    US Middle East policy

    Is there a Trump-Netanyahu consensus?

    Trump's new administration could give Israel even greater freedom to pursue its territorial and political ambitions in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, while the future of the ceasefire in Gaza hangs precariously in the balance.

  • Colourful children book in different languages
    Bilingual children's books

    Kurdish as a living language

    "When I was a child, I felt ashamed of my identity," says linguist and translator Marwan Sheikho. Determined to create a different reality for his own children, he's made his publishing debut with three bilingual Kurdish children's books.

  • Anti-government fighters celebrate in a street of Aleppo, Syria, on December 03, 2024.
    Syrian-Kurdish politician Elham Ahmed

    "Syria should be governed federally like Iraq or the UAE"

    Elham Ahmed, the foreign representative of northeast Syria, voices concern for minorities in Aleppo following the city’s recent capture. In an interview with Qantara, she outlines her vision of a decentralised Syria and comments on the German debate over the deportation of criminal refugees.

  • 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

  • Protesters waving flags and banners
    Islamists in Idlib

    Syrian protesters rise up against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

    Opponents of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad seeking refuge in Idlib are now protesting against local Islamist hardliners Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. The group is accused of becoming increasingly dictatorial

  • 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

  • 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?

  • During the day, Syria Street is one of Tripoli's main thoroughfares
    Lebanon's Tripoli

    Old wounds and new problems on "Syria Street"

    Syria Street in Tripoli, Lebanon's second-largest city, was a microcosm of the Syrian Civil War for many years. Nowadays, a fragile calm hides the complexities of Lebanon's past and the resilience of its people

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