Youssef Ziedan's "Azazeel" was awarded the renowned Arab Booker Prize in 2009. Our reviewer Andreas Pflitsch says that this historical novel is a plea against religiously motivated violenceMore
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