Author: Peter Hille

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Emergency vehicles stand in front of the burned-out house of the Genc family in Solingen in 1993 (image: Rene Tillmann/IMAGO)

Far-right terror in Germany

Solingen: 30 years after the arson attack

Five people were killed by far-right terrorists in Solingen in 1993 because they were from Turkey. Their relatives are still fighting to preserve their memory. By Peter HilleMore

Mourning Mevlude Genc: A universal mother figureRight-wing extremism and Islamophobia in Germany: Sending out a political signal'People of Deutschland': Everyday racism in Germany
Volunteers in Berlin at a collection point for earthquake victims (image: Julius-Christian Schreiner/dpa/picture-alliance)

Earthquake in Turkey

Germany’s Turkish community sends aid

Germany is home to more than three million people with Turkish roots. Many of them are worried about loved ones affected by the devastating earthquake in southern Turkey – and they want to help. Peter Hille reportsMore

Turkey-Syria quake: Weak buildings, shallow shock caused deathsTurkey earthquake: Whatever happened to Turkey's earthquake tax?Syria quake aid held up by hardline group, U.N. says
Participants in the video call with politician Norbert Rottgen (photo: Avicenna Studienwerk)

Hate speech "inferno" on Germany's social media

Muslim students face Islamophobia after meeting CDU deputy

German Muslim students became the target of a vicious online campaign following a digital meeting at the beginning of February with federal politician and high-ranking Christian Democrat Norbert Rottgen. By Peter HilleMore

Racist attack on Hanau: Not the only Nazi ideologue...Islamophobia in Germany: "We need a new debate about racism"Anti-Muslim racism: Merkel and "the danger of self-Islamisation"Against hate and exclusion: For a new co-existenceThe Avicenna scholarship programme: Cosmopolitan and female
Dr Michael Luders (photo: dpa/Arno Burgi)

Interview with Middle East expert Michael Luders

"Homs is likely to be IS's next target"

With the occupation of Ramadi and the ancient yet symbolic city of Palmyra, Islamic State (IS) now has control over about half of Syria. According to Middle East expert Michael Luders, an end to its advance is not in sight because IS knows that the US is reluctant to send in ground troops. Interview conducted by Peter HilleMore

Interview with Iraqi political scientist Ghassan Al-Attiyah: A nation torn apartThe Syrian conflict: The illusion of a political solutionThe geopolitical situation in the Middle East: Between terror and the dissolution of orderSunni-Shia conflict: The enemy of my enemy