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Portrait Albert Memmi

A Sober Look at Freedom

With his "Portrait of the Colonised" Tunisian-French sociologist and writer Albert Memmi laid forth a seminal work of decolonialism in the 1950s. This work was followed recently by "Portrait of the Decolonised", in which he draws a very sobering balance. Kersten Knipp visited the son of Jewish Arab parents in Paris
Malek Alloula

A Peep inside the Harem

In his book "The Colonial Harem", author Malek Alloula takes a closer look at some of the clichés and prejudices of the colonial era. Amin Farzanefar examined this collection of old harem postcards in relation to colonial history.
Assia Djebar

The Clear but Fragile Force of Writing

Algerian novelist Assia Djebar is one of North-Africa's best-known and most widely acclaimed writers. In her books she explores the struggle for social emancipation and the Muslim woman's world in its complexities. A portrait of the writer by Gabriele Stiller-Kern
Joachim Helfer / Rashid al-Daif

"The Homosexualization of the World"

An essay entitled "The Homosexualization of the World" by the German author Joachim Helfer and the Lebanese author Rashid al-Daif has recently been published in Germany. Volker Kaminski describes the results of a dialogue of opposites
Brian Whitaker – "Unspeakable Love"

Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East

Homosexuality in the Middle East is still largely a taboo subject. Now Brian Whitaker, the Guardian's Middle East editor, has written a book about it. Anne Françoise Weber has read it
Controversy over Bosnian Film

"Go West" – A Story about Romeo and Romeo

A Bosnian film director has received death threats after making a movie that depicts the love and struggle of two gay men – a Muslims and a Serb – during the ethnic conflict. From Sarajevo, Malcolm Brabant reports
The Holocaust in the Arab World

The Politicization of Human Genocide

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's pronouncements against the Holocaust echoed in the Arab World in a mysterious way. Most reputable Arab intellectuals, however, distance themselves from the revisionist statements, writes Fakhri Saleh
Kemal Kilicdaroglu is Turkey's New Opposition Leader

Old Wine in New Bottles?

Following the resignation of the former CHP Chairman Deniz Baykal, the nationalist opposition is now placing its hopes in Kemal Kilicdaroglu. But is he also committed to a policy makeover for the politically torpid party? Answers from Dieter Sauter
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The Man from the Planet Ankara

He started like Obama and ended like Bush, say his critics. How Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is betraying his reforms. By Michael Thumann
Interview with the Political Scientist Cemal Karakas

"A Ban on the AKP Would Be a Setback for Democracy"

Turkey is veering towards a full-scale domestic political crisis. The German-Turkish political scientist Cemal Karakas from the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) fears a provisional end to the reform process if the governing AKP is banned. An interview by Dogan Michael Ulusoy