Alena Jabarine on Palestine advocacy in Germany
The Palestinian-German author speaks to Al Majalla about the challenges facing Palestinian voices in Germany and how she engages German readers from within their own cultural and political context
Taitung Graft Probe Highlights Recurrent Issues of Rural Corruption
Issues regarding local corruption are again in the news, with a number of pan-Blue Taitung city councilors questioned about the use of public funds to build a resort
U.S. Strikes Iran Over Strait of Hormuz Mines, Trump Says
Iranian officials said the strikes caused significant damage, including killing four people and injuring several dozens at a wedding. Iran said it retaliated by firing on U.S. bases in the region.
Why the Mecca Agreement is about diplomacy, and then defense
The alliance functions as a long-term investment in Saudi defensive and deterrence capabilities rather than a mechanism for immediate…
Philippines’ peculiar health policy: Waiting until kidneys fail
The issue is not a choice between prevention and dialysis. The central issue is why public financing becomes so much more generous after kidneys fail than before they do.
Solidarity over Silos: What Palestine Teaches Us About Organizing Philanthropy
Two funder organizers share four action steps—drawn from Funders4Palestine’s new Raise the Bar tool—…
€ Tzvi Succot smashed a Palestinian monument. Israel has been destroying Palestine for generations
A father strangles a mother. The child sees him and later chokes her doll. A state shatters the symbols of a people for decades, and then comes Tzvi Succot with a sledgehammer and shatters a Palestinian monument.
Unerreichbare Objekte - Die Sehnsucht nach den interstellaren Besuchern
ATLAS, Borisov und 'Oumuamua sind Besucher aus den Tiefen der Milchstraße. Diese interstellaren Objekte stammen nicht aus unserem Sonnensystem. Himmelsfans träumen davon, so ein Objekt mit einer Raumsonde zu erforschen.
Sahra Wagenknecht: "Werden Brandmauer-Idiotie nicht mitmachen"
Das BSW steht vor den Wahlen im Osten unter Druck, Umfragen sehen die Partei unter fünf Prozent. Sahra Wagenknecht gibt sich im Interview dennoch kämpferisch.
Can South Korea solve Southeast Asia’s nuclear energy dilemma?
Rising electricity demand from data centre rollouts , manufacturing and electrification is prompting renewed interest in nuclear energy across Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
€ USA: Hegseths Kahlschlag mitten im Krieg
In Iran wird weiter geschossen, im Pentagon feuert oder vertreibt der Verteidigungsminister Generäle und zivile Führungskräfte. Nun tritt der für die US Army zuständige Staatssekretär Dan Driscoll zurück.
€ British Museum director Nicholas Cullinan
With just seven days to go before the exhibition opens, the director of the British Museum, Nicholas Cullinan, reflects on the extraordinary journey involved in the loan and transfer of this monumental work from France to England.
Despite losing everything, communities along the Nepal-Tibet border are helping each other rebuild
Villagers are picking up the pieces after a catastrophic flash flood ripped through the region.
The book as object: Angela O’Keeffe’s Phantom Days
A few years ago, I overheard an antiquarian bookseller tell one of his customers that while he didn’t mind reading, he was really more interested in the “book as object”. I was reminded of this while reading Angela O’Keeffe’s third novel, Phantom Days , in which one of the two principal narrators is a book.
€ Bald ist Meloni länger im Amt als alle ihre Vorgänger seit 1945 – das ist ihr Geheimnis
In einem Interview mit der „New York Times“ relativierte Giorgia Meloni kürzlich den historischen Faschismus. Dennoch hält sie sich seit fast vier Jahren im Amt der italienischen Regierungschefin. Worauf stützt sich ihr Durchhaltevermögen?
