Skip to main content
  • English
  • Deutsch
  • عربي
Qantara.de - Dialog mit der islamischen Welt
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Culture
  • Essays
  • Photo Essays
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Culture
  • Topics
  • Essays
  • Photo Essays

smartphone menu rubriken

  • Home
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Culture
  • Topics
  • Dialogues
  • Essays
  • Photo Essays
  • Letters to the Editors

Author: S. Khan

rss-iconSubscribe to feed
Symbolic image of an abandoned bride in Pakistan (photo: AP Photo/K. M. Chaudary

Pakistan, India, Bangladesh

The ordeal of "abandoned wives" left behind by UK families

Many marriages to British Asian men are accompanied by false promises of improved finances. Later when the men abandon their wives to return to the UK, some brides' families find themselves saddled with debt. By S. KhanMore

Interview with Asma Jahangir, winner of the Right Livelihood Award: "Every restriction is based on religion"Interview with Pakistani human rights activist Jalila Haider: "Women need to fight with all their might"Teenage pregnancies in Pakistan: What sex education is really aboutThe "India Love Project" on Instagram: Fighting hate with love
  • All Topics
  • All Authors
  • All Countries
  • ‎‎‎Newest
  • Most Read
  1. Bashar al-Assad in China

    Will Xi Jinping help to end Syria's isolation?

  2. Libya flood victims

    Derna – difficult search for missing migrants

  3. Iran protests

    Tehran dismisses university lecturers

  4. Human rights in Asia

    Tajik women turn to polygamy to survive

  5. Ataturk's republic turns 100

    Turkey's enduring identity crisis

  6. Eklektik BerlinIstan meets Anatolian folk

    DJ Ipek's space-time continuum in sound

  1. Sex life in Saudi Arabia

    Lifting the veil

  2. Sex education

    The Arab Spring's greatest success?

  3. Bashar al-Assad in China

    Will Xi Jinping help to end Syria's isolation?

  4. Edward Said's "Orientalism"

    The Orient beyond Cliché

  5. Sex tourism in Egypt

    A bride for the summer

  6. Sanaa in the 19th century

    A city of gardens, Greeks and Turks

In brief

  • Armenia receives first influx of Karabakh refugees

  • Pakistan sets election for January, likely minus Imran Khan

  • Germany criticises late change to EU migrant reforms

  • Far-right candidate thwarted in Germany mayoral race in city near former Nazi camp

More
Social media
and networks
Subscribe to our
newsletter

Most Recent Photo Essay

The ancient archives of Chinguetti

In northwestern Mauritania lies Chinguetti, a historic trading post and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city still has several libraries with Arabic manuscripts – many of them from the late Middle Ages.

  • Home
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Culture
  • Topics
  • Dialogues
  • Essays
  • Photo Essays
  • Letters to the Editors
  • About us
  • Masthead
  • Privacy Policy