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.
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.
Ägypten wählt ab Montag einen Präsidenten. Spannung ist nicht zu erwarten. Die Gegenkandidaten sind während des Wahlkampfs reihenweise ausgeschieden – teils unter merkwürdigen Umständen.
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.
Israelis are increasingly divided over the urgency of peace. Polling indicates that various forms of sanctions intended to pressure Israel can signal urgency, but mostly among those who already support a two-state agreement. It is worth considering...
The post-Oslo generation neither meets “the other side” nor does it know much about its situation. This is why dialogue fora could play an important role. But talks over hummus are not satisfying the needs of the societies or create any positive...
