Exile as an opportunity
Munfarid1, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bildunterschrift
Najat Abed Alsamad 2021
A few reflections on my life, my writings and my two homelands, Syria and Germany
At the beginning
Private
A poem about the search for an inner home and the silence of despair
Macron and the sex thieves: Rumour and disinformation in Africa
Jean-Baptiste Eczet
Bildunterschrift
Julien Bonhomme
A rumour is circulating in some African countries: the French state is organising penis thefts to offset declining fertility. The rumour, spread by Russian propaganda, has become fake news
This is the time after time
Peter Andreas Hassiepen / Hanser
Colm Tóibín's poetry collection "Vinegar Hill" serves well the reader with a passion for poetry, and reflects man in all his complexity
Risky freedoms
Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Bildunterschrift
Dag Johan Haugerud @ Berlinale 2025
With his Oslo trilogy "Love", "Dreams" and "Sex", Dag Johan Haugerud has created a cinematic, literary and sociological marvel that is as intelligent as it is moving
I condemn the night and its hunting dogs
Harold Rivas
Bildunterschrift
Ronny Ramírez
Explosion of a cry too long stifled - A deep reading of Ronny Ramírez's early poems and the search for the poetic self
Between Eros and Thanatos
Coco Egia / Reprodukt
Bildunterschrift
Luz
"Zwei weibliche Halbakte" (Two female semi-nudes), Luz's graphic novel, is as moving as it is graphically incisive
I was born a hidden body
Private
Bildunterschrift
Lamia Makkadam
Excerpts from "The Book of the Body"...
Now here I am, a fool for sure! No wiser than I was before
Francesca Mantovani / Editions Gallimard
Bildunterschrift
Gilles Kepel
Gilles Kepel, perhaps the most renowned French expert on the Middle East, published an updated edition of his book on the Hamas massacre of over 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023 and its aftermath
Prize, power, invisibility
Private
Bildunterschrift
Ghizlan Touati
A gender-sensitive reading of the Arab Booker Prize