Wieland Hoban / 26 Mar 2021
Jewish in Germany
The JID Interview, Part I
Israelis in Germany. Say what? Few stories about European immigration have been as loaded, and complex as those about Jews moving from the Middle East to Germany. (...)
Interviews
Wieland Hoban / 12 Mar 2021
The BDS Issue
The Ramsis Kilani Interview, Part III
When it comes to Palestine, it’s impossible to avoid the topic of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).(...)
The Battleground / 09 Mar 2021
The George Floyd Echo
Zack Furness on America on Fire
American civil rights crises usually don't go global. National issues, in Europe their significance tends to be the monopoly of activists and academics, primarily, and leftist politicians.(...)
Wieland Hoban / 04 Mar 2021
Palestinians and the German Left
The Ramsis Kilani Interview, Part II
If it was just about numbers, in Germany, Jews and Palestinians could be equals. (...)
Wieland Hoban / 22 Feb 2021
Palestinian in Germany
The Ramsis Kilani Interview, Part I
Ramsis Kilani is not a well-known name. But, for members of Germany’s Palestinian community, and anti-occupation activists in the country, it’s a different story.(...)
The Battleground / 08 Dec 2020
The Case for Jacques Derrida
Peter Salmon, in Conversation With John Foster
The spectre of Jacques Derrida haunts the world. Sixteen years after his death, he remains one of the most polarising figures in Western intellectual life, lauded and reviled in equal measure.(...)
The Battleground / 07 Dec 2020
Brexit and Racism
The Antisemitic Elements
Nationalism is a synonym for prejudice. It's a throwback to a time when citizenship was equivalent to ethnicity. If you look different or speak a language that's hard to understand, you must surely come from somewhere else.(...)
Filip Noubel / 03 Dec 2020
Cold War Haven
Latin American Intellectuals in Prague
Before COVID-19, Prague was visited every year by millions of tourists looking for cheap beer and spectacular architecture. (...)
The Battleground / 24 Nov 2020
Brexit Above All Else
The Politics of Leave
Brexit is nowhere near being over. Regardless of whether a deal is concluded between the UK and EU, the process of disentangling the two will be felt for decades to come. Mostly, in the British Isles.(...)
Filip Noubel / 10 Nov 2020
In the Heart of Europe, an Endangered Turkic Language Lives On
Romuald Čaprockij is One of the Few Remaining Native Speakers of Karaim
Turkic languages are spoken by an estimated 200 million people in countries and territories extending from Siberia, China, Central Asia to Turkey, the Middle East and the Balkans.(...)