Author: Ali Almakhlafi

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Yemen′s former minister for human rights, Hooria Mashhour (photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Interview with Hooria Mashhour

On the rebels′ blacklist

Fearing for her life in her home country, a former minister from Yemen applied to Germany for asylum. Now she′s working for the integration of refugees. Interview by Ali AlmakhlafiMore

After the upheaval in the Arab world: Escalating warsThe Yemen conflict: The threat of a regional conflagrationMedia reports on the Yemen conflict: A skewed view of Yemen's plight
Mecca (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

Islam 2.0

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Hajj Pilgrimage Enters Digital Age

Performing a religious ritual like hajj and using a smartphone is no contrast. Modern Muslim pilgrims can stay connected via platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Ali Almakhlafi reportsMore

Interview with the Saudi-Arabian Writer Raja Alem: Elegy for a Lost EraIsmaël Ferroukhi's "The Great Journey": On the Way to Mecca in a Rickety Peugeot

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Most Recent Photo Essay

The last "German Khar": Ghulam Mohiuddin is in his late 70s, but he still works every day in his small workshop in Srinagar's Rainawari district, producing and repairing small hospital tools made of iron. Through years of practice, he can make replicas of many small tools used in hospitals

Meet the last of Kashmir's 'German Khar' craftsmen

The ''German Khars'' are a family of craftsmen known in Srinagar for their skills repairing old German-made medical equipment. Their craft has been preserved for decades, but today only one blacksmith continues the work. By Rifat Fareed