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Feridun Zaimoglu: "Twelve Grams of Happiness"

Turkish-German Writer Makes Language Come Alive

As previously in Great Britain, young writers from migrant families in Germany are now also making their mark, as for instance Turkish-German Feridun Zaimoglu – one of the hottest young writers on the scene today. Anne-Bitt Gerecke read his latest novel
Cultural Globalization

Cultures on the Move

Migration has changed the cultural landscape of the Federal Republic permanently. The German-Turkish youth culture in Berlin is just one of many examples. Regina Römhild reports
Turkish Cinema

Filmmakers' Fear Their Audiences

Turkish and German-Turkish cinema is booming. But clichés and old notions of role models still dominate, especially in the representation of Turkish women. Lennert Lehmann reports
Interview with Mohamed El-Moctar

Wars over Symbols

The face veil stirs up many controversies – also within the Islamic world. For Mohamed El-Moctar, however, it's a practice that has nothing much to do with Islam. Stephanie Doetzer met him in Doha
Islam in Europe

The Headscarf Debate à la Française

In France as well as Germany, an argument has been raging in recent months on the wearing of the Muslim headscarf. The French government now plans to bite the bullet and pass a new law by Christmas to ensure the "preservation of secularism".
Interview with Catherine Kintzler

"Sarkozy's 'Positive Laicism' Is a Political Error"

With his idea of a "positive laicism" the French president Nicolas Sarkozy has called into question his country's traditionally strict separation of religion and state. The philosopher Catherine Kintzler tells Rachid Boutayeb that she is critical of Sarkozy's position, and explains why she believes the principle of laicism ensures religious freedom
Interview with Soheib Bencheikh

Islam and Secularism

Soheib Bencheikh is the Grand Mufti of Marseille, France. In this interview, Bencheikh argues in favour of the headscarf ban and says that, because of secularism, Islam enjoys equal rights and duties in a traditionally catholic environment
Migrants in France

Study Does Not Confirm Notion of a Growing Re-Islamization

The Center for the Study of French Life has conducted a soon-to-be-published survey on the political behavior and the social values of French people with a migrant background. Bernard Schmid had already had a look at it
Nabil Abdel-Fattah

Parading a Pretended Piousness

The Egyptian Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, recently asserted that the growing number of headscarf wearers in Egypt must be taken as a sign of backwardness. An interview with Nabil Abdel-Fattah on the background behind the headscarf debate
Egypt

Curtains for the Veil on TV

The wearing of the headscarf is not only a controversial issue in the West. A number of women television presenters in Egypt have been banned from the screens of the public broadcaster because of their decision to wear the hijab. Nelly Youssouf reports