DIALOGUES
| Bild:
|
For this dialogue series, Qantara.de has asked intellectuals from various cultural backgrounds to engage in an exchange of letters on a given theme, as, for instance, sharia laws and human rights, anti-Semitism, and women's rights and Globalization in Pakistan
Exchange of Letters
Zafer Senocak – Abdelkader Benali
| Bild:
|
In their correspondence, Zafer Senocak, one of the most prominent and versatile German-Turkish writers, and Abdelkader Benali, a popular and critically acclaimed Dutch-Moroccan novelist, discuss their migrant's experience in two different cultures and the integration problems Muslims are facing today
Emran Qureshi - Heba Raouf Ezzat
| Bild:
|
In their correspondence, Emran Qureshi, journalist and expert for Islam and human rights, and Heba Raouf Ezzat, lecturer for political science and womens' rights activist, discuss the role of the Sharia in Islamic countries and the West
Brian Klug - Robert Wistrich
| Bild:
|
What kind of role does anti-Semitism play in the Middle East Conflict? At what point does opposition to Israel turn into anti-Semitism? These issues are discussed by Brian Klug, British philosopher and journalist, and Robert Wistrich, director of the International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism in Jerusalem
Charlotte Wiedemann - Ghazala Irfan
| Bild:
|
During her last visit to Pakistan, Berlin-based author and journalist Charlotte Wiedemann met Ghazala Irfan, Associate Professor at Lahore University of Management Science. In their dialogue, they discuss the role of women in the Pakistani society and the clash of globalization and traditional society
Abbas Beydoun - Michael Kleeberg
| Bild:
|
Lebanese poet and essayist Abbas Beydoun and German author Michael Kleeberg met each other last winter during the Berlin Project - West-Eastern Diwan. Qantara.de invited these two renowned authors to participate in a weekly exchange of correspondence related to the events of the war against Iraq.