Author: Muhannad Hamed

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Mitri Raheb holding up the German Media Prize (photo: Muhannad Hamed)

An Interview with the Palestinian Pastor Mitri Raheb

''A closed off Islam is more dangerous for Muslims than for Christians''

Mitri Raheb is the founder of the Diyar Consortium, which has made a significant contribution to interreligious dialogue and culture as a means of promoting mutual understanding. Muhannad Hamed spoke with the pastor in Bethlehem about dialogue work and his new book about the Arab SpringMore

Matt Beynon Rees: ''Hamas and Fatah Have an Interest in the Conflict Continuing''Rabbi Arik Asherman of Rabbis for Human Rights: A Different Way of Understanding JudaismDaoud Nassar's ''Tent of Nations: ''Peacefully Holding the Fort
Mustafa Barghouti, presidential candidate, holds up his ballot paper as he votes in the Palestinian presidential election in 2005 (photo: picture alliance/dpa)

Interview with Mustafa Barghouti

Palestinians and the Path of Peaceful Resistance

Mustafa Barghouti is Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative "Al Mubadara". He believes that the Middle East peace process has failed and that Palestinians must now choose the path of peaceful resistance. But what exactly does that entail? Muhannad Hamed spoke with Mustafa Barghouti in RamallahMore

Interview with Ilan Halevi: With One Foot in the UNFull UNESCO Membership for Palestine: A Small, Albeit Costly, Victory

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Psychologists sound the alarm: in December 2019 Iran's health minister warned of the high economic and social costs of mental illness in Iran. The Association of Iranian Psychologists estimated that one quarter of the population suffers from depression. The American Cato Institute saw Iran in 2019 as the third most unhappy country in the world. Since then, the country has been broadsided by the coronavirus pandemic

Iran: knee-deep in trauma and depression

The country's mood was already weighed down by economic and social problems and military crises before the pandemic reached Iran. The regime's crisis management has done little to improve things. By Shabnam von Hein