Author: Christine Lehnen

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Iraqi inmate subjected to torture in Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq (photo: AP Photo/picture-alliance)

Controversy at Berlin's Biennale art show

Abu Ghraib torture photos in the spotlight

A French artist has used photos of torture from Abu Ghraib for an oversized artwork at the Berlin Biennale. Reactions from fellow artists have been mixed, with some criticising and others praising the work. Christine Lehnen reportsMore

The Iraq War fifteen years on: "America destroyed my country"Interview with Iraqi author Sinan Antoon: The West and its cliched view of IraqInterview with war photographer Andy Spyra: The pull of war
A still from the documentary 'Sonita' about an Afghan female rapper, directed by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami (photo: TAG/TRAUM)

The future of Afghan cinema

"The best revenge is to keep making films"

Three award-winning female directors appeal to the international film industry to save Afghan cinema. Supporting women filmmakers is more important than ever. By Christine LehnenMore

Afghanistan documentary "Melting Dreams": A tale of Afghan-European failure Hassan Faziliʹs "Midnight Traveler": That our voices wonʹt be silencedInterview with filmmaker Mariam Ghani: The power of propaganda
Fighting "white" feminism: Pakistani-American author and lawyer Rafia Zakaria (photo: Jeremy Hogan/Herald-Times)

Anti-racism, anti-discrimination

Rafia Zakaria – feminism is not only white

Pakistani-American author and lawyer Rafia Zakaria advocates for a broad-based feminism that doesn't just address the concerns of white women. By Christine LehnenMore

Asma Jahangir, winner of the Right Livelihood Award: "Every restriction is based on religion"Afghanistan: A brief history of Afghan women's rightsQantara photo essay: The women of Sudan's protests
French author Michel Houellebecq (photo: Imago/El Mundo)

Michel Houellebecq's "Aneantir"

Lonely white males

With his latest tome, French literary provocateur Michel Houellebecq completes his writer's quest: to portray a dying white patriarchy. The big surprise comes in the acknowledgements. Christine Lehnen read the bookMore

Interview with Franco-Moroccan author Leila Slimani: "Treat right-wing extremists like children""An Imaginary Racism: Islamophobia and Guilt": Deeply ignorant – Pascal Bruckner's hateful verbal crusadeFrench far-right presidential candidates fight for limelightMedia fear of Islam ″obsessional″: France's HouellebecqBook review: Constantin Schreiber's "Die Kandidatin": Playing on fears of an Islamist takeover