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Iraqi Refugees in Syria

Open Door Policy at Significant Cost

Syria's welcoming policy toward Iraqi refugees has been praised by the UN. But the estimated 1.5 million Iraqis who fled the violence in their home country are putting increasing stress on the Syrian housing market and the public sector. Zaytuna Razan reports
Iraqi Refugees

A Huge Burden for Syria

Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees are overwhelming the Syrian health and education system and driving up real estate prices. There are also fears that the civil war in Iraq will lead to tension among exiled Iraqis, reports Viktor Kocher
Iraqi Refugees in Germany

Stripped of Asylum Status

Over three million Iraqis have been forced to leave their country, resulting in the largest refugee crisis in the Middle East since 1948. At the same time, the German government has been revoking the asylum status of Iraqi refugees. Beate Hinrichs reports
Interreligious Places of Pilgrimage in Lebanon

Places of Dialogue and Common Devotion

The Lebanese civil war ended twenty years ago, leaving in its wake a society deeply divided both politically and religiously. Yet, a spontaneous dialogue with the old traditions has always taken place among believers. By Mona Naggar
Muslims and Inter-Religious Marriages

Negotiating Religion and Social Identity

Muslim men may wed non-Muslim women whereas Muslim women are, in theory, not allowed to marry non-Muslim men. Now Abdullahi An-Naim has published a book that takes a close look at Muslims and inter-religious marriages. Yogi Sikand has read it
Lebanon's Sunni Palestinians

Victims of Peace

The fate of the residents of the Nahr al-Bared refuge camp stands as a stark reminder that despite their Christian co-nationalists being granted Lebanese citizenship decades ago Lebanon's Sunni Palestinian population continues to suffer from severe and systematic discrimination. Austin Mackell reports
Interview with Iman Humaydan Younes

Sectarianism as a Dead End for Lebanon

The books of Iman Humaydan Younes, with their poetic language rich in images and their sensitive insight into the interior lives of her protagonists, have led to acclaim for her work world-wide. Ariana Mirza spoke to the Lebanese writer about war, art and society
Lebanese Literature: Iman Humaidan-Junis

"B as in Beirut"

The Lebanese author Iman Humaidan-Junis has written a novel set in her country's civil war years. Her figures' stories, and thus the novel's atmosphere, are characterized by their disturbing and terrible ability to adjust to the reality of war. Angela Schader read the novel
Pierre Loti

Dreams of the Orient

Under the pen name Pierre Loti, Frenchman Julien Viaud brought us the zeitgeist of Orientalism in literary form. His autobiographically inspired novels paint a romantic picture of the "mysterious" Orient and manifest a longing for the exotic. Susan Javad reports
Intercultural Center in Libanon

Dar Assalam – The House of Peace

Ten years ago a unique intercultural center was founded in the Lebanese Shuf Mountain. Individual travelers and groups are invited there to learn about the postwar realities of Lebanon or to learn Arabic.