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The 3,400-year-old Bronze Age city in Iraq revealed by falling reservoir water levels (photo: Universities of Tübingen and Freiburg/KAO)

Archaeology in Iraq

Drought reveals Bronze Age city

Extreme drought in Iraq has given German and Kurdish archaeologists the unique chance to examine an ancient Bronze Age city that was hidden beneath the water of a reservoir for decades. Experts believe the ruins could be those of the ancient city of Zachiku. It was a race against the clock to complete work before the city was once again covered by the reservoir's rising water level. By Alexander FreundMore

Reconstruction in Iraq: Mosul's Old City rises from rubble in IraqGobekli Tepe: The Turkish hilltop where civilisation beganPhoto gallery: Spectacular finds in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of SaqqaraCultural heritage in Syria and Iraq: Casualties of war
The Israeli scientist Amos Goldberg (left) and the Palestinian scientist Bashir Bashir (right) (photo: www.ushmm.org/BUME)

Middle East conflict

Shoah and Nakba – two interlinked catastrophes

Asked about the Shoah, Palestinians often bring up the Nakba, the displacement of Palestinians associated with the founding of the state of Israel. An Israeli Holocaust researcher and a Palestinian political scientist have developed a concept aimed at promoting dialogue about these two interlinked national traumas. By Joseph CroitoruMore

Middle East conflict: "Palestinian refugees have a right to the truth"The Palestinian Nakba of 1948: An objective delineation of eventsIsraeli magazine on Palestinian trauma: The Nakba in Hebrew"The Arabs and the Holocaust": War of narratives
A traditional Indian wedding in New Delhi (photo: Altai Qadri/AP/picture alliance)

Matchmaking among Indians

Why do Indian expats in Europe still seek an arranged marriage?

Arranged marriages have been the norm in India for centuries. Now online dating sites, the "marriage market" and changing social norms have seen matchmaking services evolve – especially for Indian expats in Europe. By Shabnam SuritaMore

The "India Love Project" on Instagram: Fighting hate with loveMuslim marriage, Muslim divorce – and the wider family: "Problems are often dealt with collectively"Marital traditions in the Islamic world: Marriage first, love later?
Bicycle parked along a track on the Sufi Trail (photo: Marian Brehmer)

The Sufi Trail

Anatolia through the eyes of a pilgrim

The Sufi Trail is a long-distance hiking route from Istanbul to Konya that seeks to revive the ancient tracks used by foot pilgrims on their way to Mecca. Marian Brehmer spoke to the trail's founder and hiking route developer Sedat CakirMore

Interview with Islamic scholar and philosopher Abdolkarim Soroush: "The Sufis were prophets of pluralism"Album review: Trygve Seim′s "Rumi Songs"The filming of Rumi: Everybody's darling"This Pale" – Rumi set to music: A celebration of the complexity of love
: Concert by conductor Zubin Mehta with the orchestra of the ‘Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’ at the auditorium of ArezzoFiere, Italy (photo: Daiano Cristini/Avalo)

Israel and Palestine

How to build a lasting peace

For many years, world-famous conductor Zubin Mehta has worked tirelessly to strengthen relations between Arabs and Jews, sponsoring projects such as "Road to Recovery", which is designed to foster dialogue and bring people closer together. Peter Munch reports from Tel AvivMore

Official Road to Recovery websiteMiddle East conflict: Shoah and Nakba – two interlinked catastrophesJewish Diplomatic Corps visits UAE: "Our preconceptions are at odds with reality"Israeli philosopher Omri Boehm: The Haifa Republic – full equality for Middle East peace
Indonesian schools foster climate protection projects (photo: Annnuqayah boarding school)

Environmental jihad

Can "green Islam" save Indonesia from climate collapse?

Calls for an environmentally-conscious form of Islam are growing in Indonesia, as climate change poses enormous ecological challenges for the country. Experts say it could change society's approach to climate efforts. Enno Hinz reportsMore

Tarik M. Quadir: "If we don’t pull together to save the earth, we will ‘sink’ together"Eco-Islam: Noor al-Hussein speaks out: Islam, faith and climate changeIslamic environmentalism: The call to eco-jihad
View of part of the solar plant in Ouarzazate (photo: Abdelalil Bounhar/AP/picture-alliance)

MENA region and renewables

Solar energy – a golden opportunity

The war in Ukraine is likely to change the energy market in the Middle East and North Africa – in favour of solar energy. While the region is still punching way below its potential, some countries are making progress. By Kerstin Knipp and Cathrin SchaerMore

Climate change and the West′s energy policy: Robbing the poorGreen hydrogen in Saudi Arabia: From oil giant to green powerhouse?How are Middle East countries coping with climate change?
From the 13th century, Egyptian artisans made the kiswa, the giant black cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque (photo: Khaled DESOUKI/AFP)

Hajj pilgrimage

Egypt family keeps alive kiswah tradition

Under the steady hum of a ceiling fan, Ahmed Othman weaves golden threads through black fabric, creating Koranic verses, a century after his grandfather's work adorned the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque. A ceremonial hanging of the kiswah over the cubic structure symbolises the launch of the hajj annual pilgrimageMore

The annual pilgrimage to Mecca: High summer hajjIsmaël Ferroukhi's "The Great Journey": On the way to Mecca in a rickety PeugeotPreserving the Word of Allah: Libyan artisans restore old Korans for Ramadan
Iraqi Kurd Haresh Talib says he struggles to get paid and his children's schooling is disrupted in his conflict-riddled country (photo: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)

Baggage of despair

Iraqi Kurd plans new escape to Europe

Iraqi Kurd Haresh Talib says he struggles to get paid and his children's schooling is disrupted in his conflict-riddled country, so he wants to try to flee with his family to Europe – again. "There is no future here," says the 36-year-old from the autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq's northMore

Kurdistan's decline: Iraq's beacon shines no moreThe uncertain future of Kurdish autonomy: What next for Iraqʹs Kurds?Kurdish referendum for political relevance: Papering over the cracks
The family of murdered student Naira Ashraf at the trial of alleged killer Mohamed Adel (photo: Khaled Desouki/AFP)

Femicide in Egypt

"If you say no, you'll be in trouble"

The murder of a female student at Mansoura University in the Nile Delta has sparked a long overdue debate on femicide in Egypt. Karim El-Gawhary reports from CairoMore

Emancipation in the MENA region: The patriarchy is crumblingWomen in Egypt: Ongoing crackdown stokes solidarityWomen in Egypt: The long and bumpy road to gender equality
A Saudi man smokes a cigarette and reads something on his mobile phone in Riyadh (photo: AP Images/picture-alliance)

Middle East

How cybercrime laws are used to silence dissent

Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are among those countries increasingly misusing cybercrime legislation to silence dissent and curb freedom of speech. Could a new global cybercrime framework under UN supervision save regime critics? Jennifer Holleis reportsMore

Activists fear increased cyber-surveillance: Will repression in UAE intensify under the Israel deal?Saudi Arabia's detainees: Speak your mind – face the consequencesEgypt's National Human Rights Strategy: Propaganda tailored to the U.S.?Syria's opposition writers: Fighting oppression and censorship
Photo montage: Cover of "This Arab is Queer" (published by Saki Books; background photo: picture-alliance)

LGBTQ+ Pride

Being queer and Arab

As Pride Month draws to a close, Richard Marcus delves into Saqi Books’ latest publication, "This Arab is Queer". Edited by Elias Jahshan, this anthology of essays is remarkable for its honesty in addressing what is still a dangerous and controversial subject in many of the writers’ countries of originMore

Egyptian LGBTQ activist Sarah Hegazy: "How can I survive in a society based on hate?"LGBT rights activist Arsham Parsi: ''Rights are never given; we have to fight for them''"I had suicidal thoughts": Gay Lebanese speak out against conversion therapy
The defendants in court in Syros on 5 May 2022 (photo: BORDERLINE EUROPE)

Europe’s contempt for refugees' human rights

Draconian punishments for boat people

At the EU's outer borders, the right of migrants to a fair asylum procedure continues to be systematically disregarded. Take Greece, for example: in the worst case scenario, those shipwrecked may even face a lengthy prison sentence. Alexandra Senfft reports for Qantara.de from SyrosMore

Refugee crisis on the Greek-Turkish border: Europe's liberal warriors put democracy to the swordGreece and the asylum-seekers: How do you solve a problem like Moria?Qantara photo essay: What migrants face on Lesbos – and why it's getting worseQantara dossier: Policy on refugees and migration
Saudi women walk past a mural painting showing King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Tahliya street in the capital Riyadh on 5 December 2019 (photo: FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP)

Emancipation in the MENA region

The patriarchy is crumbling

With regard to gender justice, things look bleak in the Arab world. Laws typically discriminate against women, while national legislation all too often does not comply with the international agreements governments have signed. By Mona NaggarMore

Women's rights in the Middle East: Feminists in Tunisia claim civic spaceWomen's rights in Lebanon: Campaign exposes "victim-blaming" attitudes to rapeIranian women's rights activist Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh: ″No woman can be worse than Ahmadinejad″
Gazelles run across a field at the edge of a landscape conservation area in al-Samawa, Iraq, 4 June 2022 (photo: AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Climate change in Middle East

Iraqi gazelles die of hunger in a parched land

Gazelles at an Iraqi wildlife reserve are dropping dead from hunger, making them the latest victims in a country where climate change is compounding hardships after years of warMore

Climate heroes in Iraq: A life for the treesTarik M. Quadir: "If we don’t pull together to save the earth, we will ‘sink’ together"Middle East: Water resources – another conflict trigger?
Director Peter Limbourg in DW's Berlin newsroom (photo: DW)

Deutsche Welle in the Middle East

We need dialogue

When times are tough, the exchange of ideas and perspectives becomes especially important. It takes dialogue. And at Deutsche Welle, we need distributors and cooperative partners for that – now more than ever. By Peter LimbourgMore

Jewish Diplomatic Corps visits UAE: "Our preconceptions are at odds with reality"Rabbi Elhanan Miller on interfaith dialogue: "People of the Book" brings Jews and Muslims togetherQantara dossier: Israeli-Palestinian dialogueQantara dossier: Spotlight on bridge-builders
Rumi's mausoleum in Konya (photo: picture-alliance/blickwinkel/imagesandstories)

The hidden treasures of Sufism

In the footsteps of Rumi

Rumi's poems, though generally stripped of their Islamic symbolism, are hugely popular around the world. Yet Islamic mysticism is still very much at the heart of these verses. Marian Brehmer has spent more than ten years exploring the form Sufism assumes today. By Lisa NealMore

Saints of Islam: Capturing the light of sagesIslamic mysticism: A flute like the breath of God "This Pale" – Rumi set to music: A celebration of the complexity of love
Palestinian Widad Kawar, dedicated to raising awareness of the value of Palestinian, Jordanian and Syrian costumes, and founder of the Tiraz Museum in Jordan (photo: Marta Vidal)

Palestine, Jordan and Syria

The woman preserving handwoven history

Women in the Levant have long used needlework to depict the region’s history, its landscapes, customs and traditions. Intricately embroidered panels, varying in style, colour and pattern reflect the different cultural, religious and family affiliations. One woman, Widad Kawar, has made it her quest to ensure this heritage is not forgotten. Marta Vidal reports from Amman, JordanMore

Traditional Palestinian "tatreez": Sewing with a messagePalestinian embroidery motifs: Dresses that tell stories4th Qalandiya International art exhibition: Showing for Palestinian solidarity
Author and editor Fatma Aydemir (photo: Sibylle Fendt)

Djinns, migration and racism

"You don't have to be Huseyin or Emine to understand"

Columnist and editor Fatma Aydemir is one of the most scintillating voices in new German literature. In her latest novel, "Djinns", she tells a migrant family story from six different perspectives. Interview by Schayan RiazMore

Muslims in the West: Can democracy tolerate Muslims at all?0 years German-Turkish Recruitment Agreement: German-Turks take the arts by stormDaughters and Sons of Gastarbeiters writers′ collective: "When I go to Germany, I will buy a red tractor"
Mysterious: the carved T-shaped megaliths at the prehistoric Gobekli Tepe near Sanliurfa, Turkey (photo: Ozan KOSE/AFP)

Gobekli Tepe

The Turkish hilltop where civilisation began

On a sun-blasted hillside in southeast Turkey, the world's oldest known religious sanctuary is slowly giving up its secrets. Gobekli Tepe, which means "Potbelly Hill" in Turkish, is arguably the most important archaeological site on EarthMore

Sensational find in Turkey: Turkish archaeologists discover subterranean city of MatiateThe Sufi Trail: Anatolia through the eyes of a pilgrimBaalbek Reborn: Temples: Virtual 3D tour of the Roman temples at Baalbek, Lebanon

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Egypt’s female social media influencers face arrest

A screenshot from Salma Elshimy's Instagram account featuring photos of the Egyptian model and influencer (© almaelshimy, Instagram)

Charged with "inciting debauchery" and "violating family values": Last week, Egyptian TikTok celebrity Salma Elshimy became the latest in a growing list of women to fall foul of the Egyptian authorities over social media postsMore

The big history of Albania's tiny Koran

The Prushi family have been guardians of the Koran for generations The Prushi family have been guardians of the Koran for generations (image: Adnan Beci/AFP)

For generations, this postage stamp-sized book has been passed down through one family -- surviving wars and one of the world's most fanatical "godless regimes".More

Iran's revolutionary feminist backlash

Demonstrators protest in solidarity in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin (photo: DW)

Controlling women's bodies has been a pillar of the Islamic Republic from its inception, writes Nader Hashemi.More

Ramadan: Enlightenment and commerce

According to the Koran, the Prophet Muhammad received the Book's holy words in the month of Ramadan. During this month, Muslims are supposed to practice abstinence. Daily prayer is compulsory – even for travellers. Islamic prayer rooms have been set up in many international airports, like the one here in Amman. In Germany, you can find these rooms in the airports at Frankfurt, Munich and Dusseldorf

Ramadan: Enlightenment and commerce

Muslims all over the world are currently observing Ramadan. The month of fasting is supposed to be all about reflection, meditation and abstention - but Ramadan is becoming increasingly commercialised.

Islamic Republic facing a religious watershed

Symbolic image demonstrating frustration with Iran's religious leaders (photo: Getty Images/AFP)

Iranians do not want an Islam that interferes. They are fed up with a system that manipulates people with simple promises of salvation and anti-Western propaganda. Islamic theologian Hamideh Mohagheghi sees Iran at a religious crossroadsMore

The rise and rise of Muslim influencers

Female influencer wearing headphones using digital tablet while vlogging at cafe (photo: Jose Carlos Ichiro/Westend61/imago images)

In recent decades, Muslim piety has gone through a number of qualitative transformations, the most prominent of which is the emerging phenomenon of "Islamic influencers", which represents a new type of Islamic religiousness that combines globalisation and the values of Western modernity and is easy and effortless. By Ahmad Saif al-NasrMore

UN urged to reject anti-Semitism definition over ‘misuse’ to shield Israel

Blue United Nations flag fluttering in the wind (image: DW/F. Goerner)

More than 100 Israeli and international civil society organisations have asked the United Nations to reject the controversial IHRA anti-Semitism definition, warning it is being "misused" to protect Israel from legitimate criticism.More

India's predicted urban boom

Mumbai, one of India's biggest cities, grew by about eight million people in the past 30 years -- equivalent to the entirety of New York City's population (photo: Punit PARANJPE/AFP)

India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher stillMore

Pakistan feels economic shockwaves

Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif addresses a National Assembly session in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 11 April 2022 (photo: National Assembly of Pakistan/AP/picture-alliance)

While many countries are dependent on Ukrainian or Russian wheat or foreign energy imports, Pakistan requires both. For this reason, the country has been hit particularly badly by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Serious reform is needed, but is it too late for Pakistan's new PM, Shehbaz Sharif (pictured above), to deliver? According to Michael Rubin, Pakistan faces collapse, and the world should be worried.More

APPLY NOW: Germany's IPS Programme for Arabs 2023

The International Parliamentary Scholarship Programme for Arab (IPS) countries offered by the German Bundestag (closing date 15 December 2022) affords young and talented Arab graduates the opportunity to get to know the German parliamentary system.More

Promoting human rights in the Middle East and North Africa

A woman bashes pan lids together during an anti-government demonstration in Algeria (photo: Getty Images/AFP/R. Kramdi)

With authoritarianism once more gaining ground in the Middle East and North Africa, the European Council on Foreign Relations explores how European diplomats can be more effective in promoting human rights and democratic values in the regionMore

World Refugee Day: UNHCR's "The Colour of Flight"

1974: Greek Cypriot children in a refugee camp in Strovolos, a municipality of Nicosia, which at the time had a population of around 1,600 (photo: Jean Mohr; colourised by Marina Amaral)

For "The Colour of Flight", UNHCR collaborated with Brazilian artist Marina Amaral, 30, who specialises in colouring archival images. Building a bridge between past and present, she breathes life into images of the displaced.More

Weathering sandstorms, Iraqis grit their teeth

People ride during a sandstorm in the town of Khalis in Iraq's Diyala province on 3 July (photo: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)

Another sandstorm has darkened Iraqi skies and it's hard to breathe, but Baghdad motorcycle delivery rider Milad Mitti doesn't have the luxury of missing a day's work. Like most people in the now blistering hot desert country, the 30-year-old battles on in frustration, wearing goggles and a grey neck warmer over his mouth and nose "so I can breatheMore

Amnesty International Report 2021/22

Amnesty International 2021/2022 annual report (source: amnesty.org)

The Amnesty International Report 2021/22 highlights the human rights situation in 154 countries in 2021. From a human rights perspective, 2021 was largely a story of betrayal and hypocrisy in the corridors of power.More

R.I.P. Abraham B. Yehoshua: "Championing peace and justice"

Israeli author and peace activist A. B. Yehoshua, 1936-2022 (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

A.B. Yehoshua, a prominent Israeli author celebrated for his mastery of the Hebrew language and a leading peace activist, died last week. He was 85.More

Saudi women move from behind wheel to under the hood

Ghada Ahmed (r) works on a car in Saudi Arabia, where garages are tapping women as a source for mechanics (photo: Fayez Nureldine/AFP)

An auto repair garage in Saudi Arabia is turning to an untapped source for new car mechanics: Saudi women, who just four years ago weren't even allowed to driveMore

Ancient 'zar' ritual puts exorcism on stage

Umm Sameh peforms the music and dance ritual known as "zar", traditionally performed to ward off or exorcise jinn or evil spirits (photo: Khaled DESOUKI/AFP)

A stage, lights, a mesmerised audience: it looks like an Egyptian folkloric concert, but Umm Sameh is singing to heal the sick by driving out the demons that possess themMore

Ukraine: Seven of the country's most important mosques

Crimean Tatar men pray at a mosque in Bakhchysarai (photo: AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)

While Muslims make up a small proportion of the country's population, Islam has a history in Ukraine stretching back to at least the 14th centuryMore

Is Islam fundamentally incompatible with Britishness?

Tipu Sultan's last stand painting as depicted in Leicester Square. The canvas, which glorified Britishness, was followed by additional works focused on Britain vanquishing the figure of the Muslim (British Military Museum website)

Challenging Islamophobia involves rejecting the country's racist, post-colonial, politically constructed hierarchy, argues Ismail Patel.More

Summer on PBS: "The Great Muslim American Road Trip"

Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins star in the PBS show “The Great Muslim American Road Trip,” which premieres in summer 2022 (photo: Adam McCall/PBS)

Their 'Ask a Muslim' project went viral. Now rapper-activist Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins have a travel show about Islam in the United States.More

"Voices that matter": Intersectional analysis of Canadian Muslim women

Woman preparing lunches for the homeless in San Francisco (photo: Abdel Rahman Bassa)

The Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) has released a report that found Muslim women experience poorer social and economic conditions compared to their non-Muslim counterparts, while others such as queer, disabled and Black Muslim women – along with newcomers and single mothers – experienced poorer outcomes still.More

Muslims and interfaith marriage

Bridal couple make hearts with hands (photo: Tú Anh/Pixabay/Creative Commons)

One out of five Muslims is in an interfaith relationship, surveys suggest. But few imams are willing to adapt the traditional Muslim wedding ceremony to their needs, couples say.More

"The invisible Muslim": On White privilege and Islam

Banner advertising Medina Tenour Whiteman's "The Invisible Muslim" (source: hurstpublishers.com)

"The Invisible Muslim" offers a topical read to better understand the anti-racism conversation raging across the world right now, as well as a case study of what it means to be a Muslim in the West in the 21st century.More

Bulgarian Pomaks keep traditional wedding rite alive

Bulgarian Pomak bride Nefie Eminkova in her wedding finery and special make-up (photo: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP)

A wedding extravaganza of bright colours, flowers, feasting and dancing, yet the bride, Nefie Eminkova, who comes from Bulgaria's Pomak – Muslim – minority, can see none of it. Her eyes must remain tightly closed until the imam gives his blessing.More

Berlin Mideast Podcast

Focus on the Middle East. Logo of the Berlin Mideast Podcast (photo:Konrad Adenauer Foundation)

Monthly German-language podcast series Berlin Mideast Podcast looks at the current situation and trends in the Middle East.More

Scotland's National Galleries to showcase portraits of its Muslim, Sikh, Hindu and Polish communities

Veiled woman (photo: Arpita Shah)

The National Galleries of Scotland has unveiled plans for a major show exploring the diverse communities and individuals who make up modern-day Scotland. Featuring the work of Arpita Shah, portraits of people from Scotland’s Muslim, Sikh, Hindu and Polish communities are to go on display alongside images of Scottish celebritiesMore

Qantara dossier: Islamophobia

Demonstration against the building of a mosque in Cologne (photo: picture-alliance/Ralph Goldmann)

Renowned journalists, Islamic scholars and authors shed light on the various facets of racist and Islamophobic violence in Western countries.More

Sands of time: a century of Egyptian photography – in pictures

Princess Fawzia of Egypt and Princess Nasl Shah of Turkey, at the Women’s Conference at the Dome Palace (photo: Mohamed El Ghazouly)

These images of everyone from presidents to paupers show the tourist’s view of Egypt that we know – and the backstreets we don’tMore

Europe rights body pulls pro-hijab campaign after French outcry

Colourful hijabs worn by Muslim women (photo: picture-alliance/dpa/F. Gentsch)

The pan European rights body the Council of Europe has pulled a campaign promoting diversity among women and their freedom to wear the Muslim headscarf after it sparked an outcry in fiercely secular France.More

Azerbaijan activists sound alarm over femicide wave

Dilara Bagiyeva, 41, a victim of domestic violence in Azerbaijan (photo by Tofik BABAYEV/AFP)

Activists in Azerbaijan have been urging the country's government to ratify the 2011 Istanbul Convention – a landmark international agreement aimed at preventing domestic violence – for years. Baku has yet to act, however. Meanwhile the number of women dying at the hands of their partners continues to riseMore

SWP dossier: Forced displacement and migration

Pin and thread sculpture of a map of the world (© pogonici/Shuttterstock)

Migration is on the increase worldwide. The causes are manifold. Ever more people are forcibly displaced by persecution, violent conflicts and human-rights violations. Read up on international cooperation in the areas of forced displacement and migration, on developments in Europe’s migrant and refugee policies, and on the migrant and refugee policies of individual states.More

Online education is the only hope for Afghan schoolgirl

Afghan primary school girls in a classroom in Kabul, 18 September 2021. Secondary schools for girls remain closed (photo: © via Reuters/WANA News Agency)

Denied access to school due to the Taliban's failure to reopen secondary schools for girls, one Afghan teenager has taken to the Internet to try to exercise her basic right to an education. But her self-driven online learning mission has not been easy.More

Washington Post: Mustafa Akyol argues for Islamic reform from within

Cover of Mustafa Akyol latest book; YouTube screenshot of Mustafa Akyol

A re-examination of authoritative sources based on reason is at the heart of Mustafa Akyol’s new book: “Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance”. Akyol’s work offers the reader a journey into largely forgotten but important theological debates that took place among Muslim scholars in the Middle Ages.More

FINO: Forum Islam and Middle East

Forum Islam and Middle East (FINO); Universty of Bern logo (source: https://www.fino.unibe.ch/)

The Forum Islam and Middle East (FINO) was established at the University of Berne in 2018 and sees itself as a transdisciplinary competence centre for documentation, knowledge transfer and academic services in the field of Islam and the Middle East (IME).More

Global Village Space: Pakistan, and why nations radicalise

Anti-French protest in Pakistan following the arrest of Saad Rizvi (photo: AFP)

Discussing Dr. Shoaib Pervez’s latest book "Radicalization in Pakistan: A Critical Perspective", Farah Adeed probes the origins of collective societal radicalisation in Pakistan.More