While immigrant women are generally portrayed as victims of the patriarchal structures in their homelands and relationships, our author takes a closer look at the stories of some inhabitants of a women’s shelter in Germany.
By ratifying the Istanbul...
How did October 7 th impact activists in Israel and Palestine? dis:orient talked to a Palestinian and an Israeli member of the binational organization Combatants for Peace about education, solidarity, and continuing work amidst the war in Gaza....
In Sudan, two fractions of the national army are fighting against each other since April 2023. War and destruction often leave us speechless. The words of those who can articulate their feelings are ever more important. Our author tried.
Mustafa...
Berlin attracted activists from WANA with the promise of freedom and rights. Our author now is reminded of his home country Egypt. A personal account of what it feels like to protest in Berlin these days.
The first protest against the genocide in...
Due to the current war, millions of Sudanese have fled the country – among them the Sudanese “King of Jazz”, Sharhabeel Ahmed. In Cairo, he stopped performing until the Sudanese Union of Artists in Egypt invited him back on stage.
On 15th April 2023...
Syrbanism aims to make Syria’s urban policies more accessible to its people. Nour Harastani, co-founder of the Berlin-based organization, shares her insights about integrating local voices and informality into the reconstruction of Syrian cities....
In his collected poems “Now A Girl Is My Homeland” (2011), Sherko Bekas explores the sense of national identity of the youth in Iraqi Kurdistan. According to him, disillusionment with overcome authorities interfere with feelings of belonging.
Sherko...
In the maelstrom of images, news, and social media posts full of despair, pain, condemnation, and calls for solidarity, questions pop up. Questions about humanity, the value of individual lives, and the right to have rights.
A flood of images, we...
Thousands died as a result of the storm in North-Eastern Libya. Noura Eljerbi is a journalist and political activist whose political commitment drives her to follow the distress in her hometown Derna from afar.
Libya does not have a unified...
