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  1. Joseph Croitoru's "Al-Aqsa oder Tempelberg"

    Zeroing in on the Middle East conflict

  2. Interview with Raphael Cormack, author of "Midnight in Cairo"

    From dust to glory – the divas of Egypt’s roaring 20s

  3. The image of Muslim women

    “We refuse to be hijab-wearing princesses”

  4. U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

    Joe Biden and the West's betrayal of the Hindu Kush

  5. Eroding confidence in the Fourth Estate

    Narendra Modi declares war on India's free press

  6. The fate of Europe's unwanted Afghans

    "Deportee Central" – a seedy hotel in downtown Kabul

  1. Interview with Raphael Cormack, author of "Midnight in Cairo"

    From dust to glory – the divas of Egypt’s roaring 20s

  2. The image of Muslim women

    “We refuse to be hijab-wearing princesses”

  3. Coronavirus in the Middle East

    Rumours of vaccine tourism in Dubai unfounded – for now

  4. Joseph Croitoru's "Al-Aqsa oder Tempelberg"

    Zeroing in on the Middle East conflict

  5. The fate of Europe's unwanted Afghans

    "Deportee Central" – a seedy hotel in downtown Kabul

  6. Sexual Repression in the Arab World

    Anguish, Love and Poetry

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  • Relics seized from smugglers are returning to Afghanistan

  • Algerian professor gets 3-year jail term for offending Islam

  • Shooting revives criticism of Israel's use of deadly force

  • Pakistan parliament to resume debate on French envoy's expulsion

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The Panjshir ("five lions") is a mountain valley about 150 kilometres north of Kabul, famous for its scenic beauty and its proud inhabitants. The area is named after a legend of five brothers who, during a flood in the 10th century, are said to have held back the waters of a great river that once flowed across the valley from west to east. Today, access to the Panjshir is via a newly metalled road

Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley and the "Five Lions"

To Afghans, the name "Panjshir" evokes associations with the Tajik resistance against the Soviets during the 1980s. But the special charm of the province lies in its landscape. Marian Brehmer reports

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