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Najat El Hachmi’s "La filla estrangera"
An irrepressible desire for freedom
Arabist Tim Mackintosh-Smith
"Reading Arabic is a bit like playing chess"
Islam in Germany
Imam Idriz – "We need to allow controversial discussion"
Middle East
West Bank: Palestinians harvest olives under rabbi protection
Women in Malaysia
SYA, Def Jam's taboo-breaking female Malaysian rapper
Turkey
Joint Kurdish plan? Turkish opposition hope for election boost

Arabist Tim Mackintosh-Smith
"Reading Arabic is a bit like playing chess"
Islam in Germany
Imam Idriz – "We need to allow controversial discussion"
Interview with Angelika Neuwirth
"The claim that Islam lacks an Enlightenment is an age-old cliche"
Najat El Hachmi’s "La filla estrangera"
An irrepressible desire for freedom
Sex tourism in Egypt
A bride for the summer
Turkey
Joint Kurdish plan? Turkish opposition hope for election boost

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Concerned by new variant, countries move to tighten COVID-19 measures
Turkish police tear-gas women protesting over violence
Libya fighters disrupt Seif al-Gaddafi's election appeal
Interpol elects Emirati general al-Raisi, accused of torture, as new president

A modest initiative achieves great things: every weekday, Reden Roro Hendarti loads her tricycle with reading material and rides to the village of Muntang to accept rubbish from the children living there, which she exchanges for her books. A simple idea that is making a big difference, raising awareness about the environment among children in the region. Indonesia still has a huge problem with plastic waste, especially in remote rural regions

Indonesia's 'Trash Library': Plastic rubbish for books

On the Indonesian island of Java, one librarian has started a mobile library, lending books to children in exchange for plastic rubbish. The idea is that they will learn to take pride in their environment and read more at the same time. By Julie Huehnken

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Najat El Hachmi’s "La filla estrangera"

An irrepressible desire for freedom

Arabist Tim Mackintosh-Smith

"Reading Arabic is a bit like playing chess"

Islam in Germany

Imam Idriz – "We need to allow controversial discussion"

Middle East

West Bank: Palestinians harvest olives under rabbi protection

Women in Malaysia

SYA, Def Jam's taboo-breaking female Malaysian rapper

Turkey

Joint Kurdish plan? Turkish opposition hope for election boost

Arabist Tim Mackintosh-Smith

"Reading Arabic is a bit like playing chess"

Islam in Germany

Imam Idriz – "We need to allow controversial discussion"

Interview with Angelika Neuwirth

"The claim that Islam lacks an Enlightenment is an age-old cliche"

Najat El Hachmi’s "La filla estrangera"

An irrepressible desire for freedom

Sex tourism in Egypt

A bride for the summer

Turkey

Joint Kurdish plan? Turkish opposition hope for election boost

In brief

Concerned by new variant, countries move to tighten COVID-19 measures

Turkish police tear-gas women protesting over violence

Libya fighters disrupt Seif al-Gaddafi's election appeal

Interpol elects Emirati general al-Raisi, accused of torture, as new president

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Indonesia's 'Trash Library': Plastic rubbish for books