Newsletter: Qantara.de – "Nie wieder" ist jetzt– 26.01.2024

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  German demonstrations against right-wing extremism

  "Never again" is now

  Ever since the AfD's plans to deport immigrants were publicised, hundreds of thousands of people across Germany have taken to the streets in protest

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  Egypt's hundred-year-old whodunnit revisited

  Murder in the brothel – Raya, Sakina and the 17 female corpses

  A century ago, two sisters in the red-light district of Alexandria became icons of evil as serial killers. But did they really kill prostitutes for a few gold bracelets?

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  War in the Middle East

  Israel's shaky emergency alliance

  Opposition politician Benny Gantz has been working together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the Hamas attacks. But it's only a matter of time before he pulls out of the war cabinet

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  Palestinian pianist Faraj Suleiman

  From Palestine to the world stage

  Pianist Faraj Suleiman has developed a style all his own, rich in ornamentation and with a powerful rock energy. At an unimaginably difficult time this Palestinian musician, who lives in Israel, has released a new album: "As Much As It Takes"

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  Einwanderung und das Verhältnis zu Israel

  Liebe zu Israel oder Hass auf Muslime?

  Wer Deutscher werden möchte, soll sich zum Existenzrecht Israels bekennen. Die Regeln für die Einbürgerung sollen entsprechend verschärft werden. Das Land Sachsen-Anhalt ist mit einem besonderen Erlass zum Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht vorangeprescht. Eine Glosse

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  Iran-Pakistan tensions

  What was behind the Balochistan strikes?

  Tit-for-tat attacks between neighbours Iran and Pakistan are linked to separatists fighting for independence of the mineral-rich Balochistan region that spans their borders

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  Kino im Iran - Filmen gegen alle Widerstände

  Qantara-Themenseite: Iranisches Kino

  Das iranische Kino hat eine lange Tradition. Trotz Zensur kommen gesellschaftskritische Filme aus dem Land. Die Regisseure nehmen große Risiken auf sich.

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  Turkey

  "Red Buds" – a TV series divides the country

  The Turkish media authority has imposed a two-week broadcasting ban and fine on the series "Red Buds", in which religious and liberal worlds collide. The series is apparently too close to the bone