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Swedish Study on Circumcision

The Correlation of Genital Mutilation and Infertility

Around the world 6,000 girls are circumcised every day, the majority of them in Africa. Now a Swedish study has found that the practice has a significant impact on fertility. Maja Dreyer reports
Ousmane Sembene's "Moolade"

Opposing Genital Mutilation

Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene is one of the most renowned and successful directors of Africa. His film "Moolade," a manifesto against the genital mutilation of girls in Burkina Faso, won him an award in Cannes. Max Annas and Annett Busch report
The Arabs and the Libyan Intervention

Don't Steal Our Revolution!

The Arab democracy movement sets great store by its independence and now fears that the intervention in Libya will come with a high price tag: it could rob their protest of its legitimacy. Layla Al-Zubaidi comments
Saudi Arabia and the Protests in the Arab World

A Colossus with Feet of Clay

Saudi King Abdullah has promised tentative reforms, but if the government in Riyadh does not change its policy, especially towards the Shiites, the kingdom could be heading for trouble. By Guido Steinberg
Sultan Qaboos bin Said

Oman's Renaissance Man

As reform protests grow in the Sultanate, it's worth remembering that its ruler doesn't deserve to be mentioned among the worst of the Arabian autocrats. By Robert Kaplan
Qantara dossier: Arabic literature

Our dossier features the latest news from the Arabic literature scene and profiles of famous authors from the Maghreb to the Mashriq
Orientalism in Europe

Naive Aestheticism

Orientalism in European art flourished along with colonialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many of its productions are imbued with a cultural arrogance that is still with us today – as an exhibition in Munich makes clear. By Mona Sarkis
The Bidoun Library Project

A Treasure Chest of Oriental Pulp Fiction

The Middle East has long fascinated artists and writers, especially in the West. An exhibition with posters, cartoons, catalogues and curiosities shows how distorted the clichés of the Orient were even post-1945. By Amira El Ahl
Interview with Rafael Alcántara

Cairo's Music Scene between Censorship and Awakening

Last fall, the Munich saxophonist and singer Rafael Alcántara was invited to Cairo by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations. In this interview with Stefan Franzen, he talks about his impressions of Cairo's music scene and the influence of the state
International Theatre Forum in Alexandria

Silicone Bombs Hit the Stage

In the place where the largest library of the classical antiquity once burned to the ground, its spirit of openness and dialogue is now being revived. Young creative people from the theatre scenes in Europe and the Mediterranean region are performing their work in Alexandria. Susanne Schanda reports