21.05.2017
A movie screening about Iran, a talk about Hezbollah – Alsharq e.V. will host two events in Berlin in the end of May and beginning of June. Everybody is cordially invited!
Sufi Farhang
09.05.2017
Nachdem etliche Menschen für die anstehenden Präsidentschaftswahlen in Iran kandidiert hatten, lies der Wächterrat sechs Kandidaten zu. Dazu zählen der aktuelle Präsident, sein Vize sowie Teherans Bürgermeister. Sufi Farhang stellt zehn Tage vor den...
12.09.2016
The acclaimed Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami died on 4th of July and plunged his cinema lovers into gloom. His work is not summarized to cinema only but encompasses other areas of art such as photography, painting and literature.
23.07.2016
Contextualized within the discussion on authoritarian persistence in the Middle East, this article depicts the UAE’s disbursement of foreign aid to partner countries in the Middle East and Central Asia. It discusses the political rationality and...
27.03.2016
Since the cease-fire agreement was settled between the Assad regime and oppositional groups a few weeks ago, civilians all over Syria have started to take to the streets again. They try to continue with what they had started five years ago: a...
27.01.2016
While the international community is focusing on possible negotiations for Syria in Geneva, the self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ keeps tightening its brutal grip on civilians. Syrian journalists have now documented the IS’s abusive prison system. By...
05.03.2015
Für unsere Serie zu den anstehenden Parlamentswahlen in Israel kooperieren wir mit dem israelischen Blog +972 . In einem englischsprachigen Gastbeitrag schildert Noam Sheizaf, wie der amtierende Premier Netanjahu mit seiner Rede vor dem...
27.01.2014
These days, Lebanon has reached an apparent political dead-end. The government has resigned ten months ago, but a new one is not in sight. Decisions are blocked on all levels; inter-sectarian strifes seem to increase. With the war in neighbouring...
03.12.2013
In 2011, heated protests at Manama’s Pearl Roundabout started calling for political change in Bahrain. The rulers responded in part with force, in part with promises for reform. Almost two years later, repression has tightened, while reforms stall...
19.07.2013
Where is the Palestinian Left in the ongoing debate about the future of the country? In the fourth installment of our series on Palestinian politics, Nassar Ibrahim analyses the role of the various factions - and explains, why they have to grisp...
05.07.2013
Alsharq gives young Palestinians the opportunity to argue which party they would support if there were elections to be held in Palestine. The opinions voiced do by no means express the views of the Alsharq-Team. Today, Mohammed Ayoub Najjar explains...
28.06.2013
Alsharq veröffentlicht in einer Sonderreihe junge Perspektiven zu politischen Kräften in Palästina. Wenn morgen Wahlen wären, welche Partei sollte man wählen? Teil I: die Fatah. In Palästina lahmt der parlamentarische Prozess seit dem Wahlsieg der...