Newsletter: Qantara.de – "In Gaza stirbt die internationale Ordnung“ – 09.02.2024

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  Gaza and a world order in ruins

  Stop the descent into the abyss!

  The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has dealt a crushing blow to our multilateral security system and threatens to alienate the entire Arab and Muslim world

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  Women's rights in Saudi Arabia

  Aisha al-Mana – the first woman to drive a car in Riyadh

  When people talk about feminism in the Middle East, they usually mean women in Cairo, Beirut or Damascus. Saudi-Arabia, on the other hand, rarely gets a mention. Local activist Aisha al-Mana proved a trailblazer for women in the region

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  DAVA party woos ethnic Turks

  Germany fears the "Erdogan party"

  For days, Germany has been discussing the emergence of a new party. Its name: DAVA. Critics say it is the extended arm of Turkish President Erdogan. Who is behind DAVA and what are its aims?

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  Hamas and sexual violence

  "No atrocity ever justifies another atrocity"

  In early December, it was made public that Hamas fighters had systematically used sexual violence on 7 October. For international law expert Heidi Matthews, the offences undoubtedly require rigorous investigation. At the same time, however, the accusations are also being used as justification for Israel's disproportionate response in Gaza

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  Pakistan election

  Why are rural women more willing to vote?

  During Pakistan's last election in 2018, women from five remote areas of the country were more likely to vote than anywhere else in the country, including big cities

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  Sudanese literature

  Children to fill the entire earth

  Stella Gaitano's debut novel "Edo's Souls", set between Sudan and South Sudan, stages an epic battle between the forces of Motherhood and Death

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  Turkish literature in translation

  Hakan Bicakci's disintegrating self

  At the heart of Hakan Bicakci's novel "Schlaftrunken" – literally 'half-asleep' – lies an Istanbul torn apart by the gentrifying diggers and a protagonist plagued by sleeplessness and nightmares, watching his life slip through his fingers