Arab Spring
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Anti-Islamic Film Riots
A Culture of Religious Fanaticism
Responses to the inflammatory anti-Islamic film currently seen in Arab and Muslim nations are much worse than the film itself. These expressions of extremism are destroying all decency and civilised behaviour. A commentary by Khaled Hroub
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Protests against Mohammed film in the Arab World
Adding Grist to the Salafists' Mill
This is the latest episode of an ongoing saga that sees both western Islamophobes and Arab Salafists upping the ante. It began with a film produced in the US and viewed as a provocation by Muslims, and ended provisionally with four dead at the US consulate in Benghazi. Details from Karim El-Gawhary in Cairo
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Cairo's Shanty District of Ramlet Bulak
Slumdogs vs. Billionaire
Egypt's richest man, Naguib Sawiris, has cast his eye upon the Cairo slum district of Ramlet Bulak. The police want to vacate the area and are terrorizing its inhabitants. Yet, residents refuse to give up the fight. A report by Markus Symank
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Interview with the Syrian Composer-pianist Malek Jandali
''We are witnessing the fall of humanity''
Malek Jandali is considered to be among the most versatile and creative musicians in the Arab world. He has recently attracted widespread international attention for his strong stand against the Assad regime. Martina Sabra met the artist in the country of his birth, Germany
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Civil War in Syria
Two Paths to Freedom
Syria needs the support of the international community – an aid programme that should comprise a temporary military intervention. But that support package should include other crucial elements, too, says Molham al-Droubi, founder member of the Syrian National Council
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Interview with the Tunisian lawyer Yadh Ben Achour
''Tunisia is in a phase full of contradictions''
Yadh Ben Achour is the winner of the 2012 International Democracy Award Bonn. The Tunisian lawyer and expert on constitutional law told Chamselassil Ayari how Islamist forces are gaining strength in his country
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Profile of the Egyptian Comic Illustrator Ahmed Omar
''The View from the Other Side''
Comic illustrator Ahmed Omar is primarily known for his cartoons in "El-Doshma". His comics address the issues of corruption, injustice – and the search for a better life. Matthias Sailer introduces the artist
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Tunisia after Ben Ali
A Revolution on the Road to Democracy
Unemployment and corruption are still the biggest hurdles on the way to democracy in Tunisia. Fathi Ayadi of the Tunisian Ennahda party says what is now needed is a culture of political consensus
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Eugene Rogan on Arab History and the Arab Spring
''The Subordination of the Arab World May Be Ending''
Eugene Rogan's "The Arabs" has been hailed as a standard work on the history of the Arab people. In this interview with Jan Kuhlmann, the Oxford historian talks about foreign domination of the Arab world, the Arab spring, and his optimism for the Arab world
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Civil War in Syria
Assad's Final Days Could Go on for Years
Syrian blogger Jasmine Roman comments on the war going on in her country, a conflict that has become a confessional one – and that could go on for years even after the toppling of Assad
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Social Media and the Arab world
Time for Jordan to Go Offline
To this day, social networks serve an important purpose in Jordan in rallying movements against authoritarian rule and social injustice. But their significance during the Arab Spring in the Hashemite kingdom was overrated, as Yasmine El Gharaibeh reports.
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Cinematic Arts in Jordan
Empowering People to Tell Their Own Stories
Jordan does not have a long history of cinematic arts, but at the Red Sea Institute for Cinematic Arts in Aqaba students learn how to make films, being encouraged to critical debate and discourse. An interview with Paolo Remati, head of the institute