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1 week ago | 
qantara.de | Hannah El-Hitami |Samir Aita |Joseph Daher |Leila Al-Shami
Leftist politics in Syria · 28.05.2025 Since Assad's fall in December 2024, Syrians have witnessed both displays of unity and renewed sectarian violence. A national identity that transcends sect and ideology is the key to a stable future, says Syrian leftist Sami Hadaya. https://qantara.de/en/node/44393 Print Qantara: You believe in "building bridges" within Syrian society to promote peace. How do you do that?
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2 weeks ago | 
qantara.de | Mohammed Magdy |Jannis Hagmann |Elias Khoury |Hannah El-Hitami
Filmmaker Monika Borgmann · 20.05.2025 Monika Borgmann has spent decades documenting Lebanese and Syrian prison systems. Her 2016 film "Tadmor" found new resonance after Assad's fall. She discusses Syria's future and her fight for justice after the murder of her husband, activist Lokman Slim.
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3 weeks ago | 
qantara.de | Ramzy Baroud |Jannis Hagmann |Charlotte Wiedemann |Claudia Mende
Journalists in Gaza · 16.05.2025 A new cohort of young Palestinian journalists has emerged in Gaza, reshaping the narrative and exposing the failures of Western media. This influence has come at a cost: 232 journalists have been killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023. https://qantara.de/en/node/44385 Print Al-Muthaqaf al-Mushtabik, an Arabic term meaning "engaged intellectual", has garnered resonance within intellectual circles in Palestine, Lebanon and beyond.
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3 weeks ago | 
qantara.de | Tugrul Mende |Marcia Lynx Qualey |Andrea Backhaus |Jannis Hagmann
Egyptian author Youssef Rakha · 12.05.2025 Youssef Rakha revisits Egypt's 2011 uprising and its aftermath in "The Dissenters", the author's first novel written in English. The Arab Spring failed, he argues in this interview, because it was a neoliberal movement with no compelling vision for the future.
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4 weeks ago | 
qantara.de | Hannah El-Hitami |Amro Ali |Stefan Weidner |Claudia Mende
Weapons exports to Israel · 09.05.2025 Germany remains one of Israel's top arms suppliers, a situation likely to persist under Friedrich Merz. According to Lilian Löwenbrück from the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, politicians and manufacturers could face charges for complicity in crimes against international law. https://qantara.de/en/node/44376 Print Qantara: How significant is Germany's role in arming Israel?
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1 month ago | 
qantara.de | Daniel Bax |Elias Feroz |Elisa Rheinheimer
Germany's new government · 06.05.2025 Under Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Germany is expected to double down on its support for Israel, even if it means sidelining international law. Domestically, repression of Israel's critics is set to intensify. https://qantara.de/en/node/44374 Print Friedrich Merz, Germany's new chancellor, made his stance clear very soon after his election victory in February.
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1 month ago | 
qantara.de | Mohamed Gamal |Hans Dembowski |Andreas Gorzewski
Cairo's Jewish Quarter · 29.04.2025 In his new book, Egyptian author Ahmed Zakaria Zaki explores the 19th-century history of Cairo's Jewish Quarter, tracing the social transformations within the city's Jewish community and its reaction to the emergent Zionist movement.
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1 month ago | 
qantara.de | Florian Neuhof |Haid Haid |Bente Scheller |Diana Hodali
Christians in Syria · 17.04.2025 In the predominantly Christian town of Maaloula, residents hold differing views on al-Sharaa and the safety of their community in the new Syria. For many, memories of the 2013 Nusra Front attack remain—and mistrust runs deep. https://qantara.de/en/node/44348 Print It is Sunday morning and cold inside the old church as Father Fadi al-Barkil turns away from the congregation, goes to the altar and raises his arms.
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1 month ago | 
qantara.de | Marcia Lynx Qualey
New anthology "Imprisoning a Revolution" · 14.04.2025 A new anthology gathers the words, drawings and memories of Egyptian prisoners—some well-known, many anonymous—who document life inside the carceral state. https://qantara.de/en/node/44357 Print One effect of mass incarceration is the widespread silencing of the detained. This silence is often followed by a general amnesia, as society forgets those who are imprisoned.
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2 months ago | 
qantara.de | Hannah El-Hitami |Andrea Backhaus |Julia Hahn |Anchal Vohra
Syria's missing detainees · 03.04.2025 The search for the missing is seen by many Syrians as crucial to rebuilding the nation. Mazin al-Balkhi of the International Commission on Missing Persons warns that the scale and arbitrary nature of the killings under Assad pose major challenges. https://qantara.de/en/node/44342 Print Between 130,000 and 200,000 Syrians are estimated to be missing. What happened to these people?