To this date, the Oslo Accords of 1993-1995 and follow-up agreements between different Israeli governments and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) dominate the reality in the Palestinian Territories as well as Israeli-Palestinian relations...
The 2018 documentary “Still Recording” tells the story of day-to-day survival during four years of siege in Eastern Ghouta, Syria. Alsharq and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung spoke with one of its directors, Saeed Al-Batal, about art in times of...
Since 2011, the European Union has intensified its cooperation with the countries of North Africa and West Asia on the issues of migration, economy and women’s rights, yet often in a self-serving manner that harms local progressive forces. This was...
Chouf is a Tunisian NGO that advocates for women’s physical and sexual rights. In 2015, the organization launched the annual international feminist art festival Chouftouhonna in Tunis to promote awareness and visibility of intersectional feminist...
From September 28th until October 1st, Alsharq e.V. together with Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung held an international conference "Conne cting Resistances: Emancipatory Activism in West Asia, North Africa, and Germany" in Berlin. Anna-Theresa...
After decades of marginalization, many of Lebanon’s approximately 250,000 domestic workers are demanding an end to their exploitation and fighting back against racism. At the conference “Connecting Resistances – Emancipatory Activism in West Asia,...
What's research got to do with authoritarian politics? Why are “innovative policy-approaches” so darn unpolitical? And what's the point of discussion after all? Inadvertently, a Winter School about transformative changes in the MENA-region...
Mit Strafdrohungen und Rabatten für den Freizeitpark versuchten die Behörden in Ägypten, die Beteiligung an der Präsidentschaftswahl hochzutreiben. Aber obwohl nur zwei Kandidaten antraten, landete der „Herausforderer“ von Machthaber Al-Sisi nur auf...
First it seemed as if Al-Sisi would have to run alone in the elections. Now one of his biggest supporters is competing against him.
Ägypten wählt ab Montag einen Präsidenten. Spannung ist nicht zu erwarten. Die Gegenkandidaten sind während des Wahlkampfs reihenweise ausgeschieden – teils unter merkwürdigen Umständen.
Egypt is to vote for a president starting this Monday. But all serious opposition candidates have quit the race way before it started, some under suspicious circumstances.
Der Fall des iranisch-türkischen Goldschmugglers Reza Zarrab geht in seine nächste Runde: Was seine Aussage über die undurchsichtigen Deals der Erdogan-Regierung enthüllen könnte.
