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  • Two women are standing in a house lounge, looking into the shadow.
    "Fighting the Flow" by Algerian author Saïd Khatibi

    The weight of colonial memory

    Saïd Khatibi's "Fighting the Flow" explores French colonialism's violent legacy in Algerian society after the War of Liberation. The novel poses the question: can individuals liberate themselves from their past?

  • A group of women stand around a table upon which a number of handicrafts are placed for sale.
    Women in Syria

    Crafting independence

    In Syria, women are reclaiming their independence through creative initiatives, from traditional crafts to community workshops. Four stories of perseverance and hope.

  • Syrian women celebrate the fall of the Assad regime.
    Women's rights in Syria

    Too early for confidence

    At the end of February, the highly anticipated National Dialogue Conference took place in Damascus. Did the meeting meet expectations? Karim El-Gawhary talked to women's rights activists on the ground before and after the event.

  • A group of women playing volleyball.
    Volleyball in Gaza

    Playing without fear

    An amateur women's volleyball team in Gaza is offering displaced people a sense of peace amid the destruction. The women on the team dream of a lasting end to Israel's war on the enclave.

  • People walking through an indoor market.
    Bushra Khalfan's "Dilshad"

    Three generations of Omani history

    Bushra Khalfan's award-winning "Dilshad" traces the story of one family through 20th-century Oman, shedding light on the untold stories of marginalised women and their fight for agency.

  • 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.

  • Iraqi women protesting, front one holding Iraqi flag (photo: Picture Alliance/AP | H. Mizban)
    Reform of Iraq's Personal Status Law

    Are Shiite forces on the verge of victory?

    The Personal Status Law in Iraq encompasses regulations on marriage, divorce, child custody, inheritance and more. It could soon be amended, with dramatic consequences for women's and children's rights. Feminists and left-leaning political parties have mobilised to defend it.

  • A family walks through a market
    Reform of the Moroccan family code

    A struggle over Quranic principles

    Feminists in Morocco are eagerly awaiting a planned reform of the family code. Experts and the public have been consulted, but the king and the commission have yet to reveal the proposed amendments.

  • Iranian Kurdish singer Hani Mojtahedi
    Kurdish singer Hani Mojtahedi

    Myths re-imagined

    Kurdish singer Hani Mojtahedi and German electro legend Andi Toma of Mouse On Mars have collaborated on an album that also pays homage to Mojtahedi’s grandfather, a Sufi master

  • 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

  • An Iranian pro-government supporter woman holds an anti-Israel poster on Palestine Street in downtown Tehran on 14 April 2024
    Israel, the USA and the Islamic Republic

    Understanding Iran's "offensive-defensive" strategy

    April 2024 not only saw Iran's unprecedented direct assault on Israel but also a violent crackdown on women in Iran refusing to wear the hijab. So what is behind Tehran's conflicting sense of hubris and insecurity?

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