Author: Diana Hodali

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Salim Tamari, director of the Institute for Jerusalem Studies, editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly and associate professor of sociology at Birzeit University (source: Living Jerusalem Project)

Palestinian sociologist Salim Tamari on the Six-Day War

"People became hostages of the annexation"

The Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, which began with the Six-Day War in June 1967, changed the lives of millions of Palestinians. Sociologist Salim Tamari talked to Diana Hodali about what they experiencedMore

Trump, Abbas and the Middle East conflict: Rose-tinted posturingInterview with Lutheran pastor Mitri Raheb: ″Till we have a fair peace″Interview with Palestinian American writer Susan Abulhawa: ″Literature is a facet of society″
Salafists praying on Potsdam Square in Berlin (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

Interview with Islam researcher Nina Kasehage

"Not all jihadists are the same"

Nina Kasehage has conducted 175 interviews with Salafists across Europe. This has given her a deep insight into their lifestyle and way of thinking. She finds it regrettable that the whole group gets tarred with the same extremist brush. Interview by Diana HodaliMore

Interview with the Islamic theologian Hamideh Mohagheghi: We need to talkWahhabism and Salafism: Shared foundation – different methodsRaising awareness about Salafism in German schools: Symbolic acts alone are not enoughCountering radicalisation with '180° turn': Together we are strong
The Syrian refugee Alaa Houd (photo: DW/Claudia Dehn)

One Syrian refugee’s story

″I could no longer live in Syria″

Syrian refugee Alaa Houd left his job and family and hired people smugglers to make his way to the wealthy countries of Western Europe. Hiring people smugglers was his only way of leaving war-torn Syria. Diana Hodali spoke to Syrian Alaa Houd and recounts his story for himMore

Portrait of the refugee helper Father Zerai: "All these people want is a chance"Refugee crisis in Europe: The price of European indifferenceJordan and the influx of refugees: The true Samaritans
Uri Avnery (photo: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)

Interview with the Israeli Peace Activist Uri Avnery

''Israel Needs Peace, Not Settlements''

Despite growing international criticism, Israel is pressing ahead with the construction of new settlements in and around Jerusalem. In this interview with Diana Hodali, peace activist Uri Avnery says that the current Israeli government does not actually want a two-state solution, regardless of what it saysMore

Interview with Uri Avnery: ''Israel Was Also Proclaimed Unilaterally''Commentary by Daniel Barenboim: Perhaps the Last ChanceInterview with Sari Nusseibeh: A Virtual State Called Palestine
Uri Avnery (photo: AP)

Interview with Uri Avnery

''Israel Was Also Proclaimed Unilaterally''

The Palestinian leadership wants the United Nations to recognise it as an independent state. In an interview with Diana Hodali, the well-known Israeli human rights activist Uri Avnery says this could finally lead to some progress in the Israeli-Palestinian conflictMore

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Birth of two nations: in 1947, British India was divided into two countries – India and Pakistan. Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah and his All-India Muslim League party had first demanded autonomy for Muslim-majority areas in the undivided India and only later a separate country for Muslims. Jinnah believed that Hindus and Muslims could not continue to live together, as they were distinctly different "nations"

Partition of India: The way forward

On 15 August 1947, British India split into two nations – Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. The two countries continue to be hostile towards each other despite some efforts to improve bilateral ties. By Shamil Shams