Dear Readers,
As usual, the latest Qantara.de newsletter tells you what's new on
our website. This week's edition features, among others, an article
on the Libyan short story.
Best wishes,
Lewis Gropp
Qantara.de
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IN FOCUS
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Perspectives on Radical Islamism
Angry Young Muslims
The political scientist Volker Perthes is the director of the German
Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin and has
published numerous studies on the Near and Middle East. He sees five
key ways for Europe to take constructive action in the Muslim world
http://qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1041/i.html
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POLITICS
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Compensation for Italian Colonial Policy
A Double Deal with Tripoli
"We'll have fewer illegal immigrants and more oil" – these were the
words with which the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi,
praised his latest political deal with the Libyan revolutionary
leader, Muammar Ghaddafi. Bernhard Schmidt explains the background to
the new Libyan-Italian "friendship agreement"
http://qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1042/i.html
Muslims and the US Election Campaign
"A Time for Change"
While America's Muslim leaders are calling on Muslims to vote for
Barack Obama, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate is trying
to quash the belief held by many that he is a Muslim. Nevertheless,
Obama is considered by many to be a real alternative. Mounir Azzaoui
reports fom Washington
http://qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1039/i.html
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SOCIETY
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The Turkish '68
The Lost Generation
The resurgence of Islam in Turkey began as a counter-reaction to the
leftist student activism of 1968; one of the key activists among the
right-wing students of the time is now the country's president. Zafer
Senocak takes a look back
http://qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-815/i.html
Winston Churchill: Crusade against the Empire of the Mahdi
Genesis of Jihadism?
Winston S. Churchill's war report from the Sudan is being
rediscovered. The uprising against Anglo-Egyptian rule in the
Sudanese provinces at the end of the 19th century was also the
beginning of Islamic jihad, according to the publishers. Joseph
Croitoru has been reading all about it
http://qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-814/i.html
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CULTURE
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"Translating Libya"
Non-political Stories of Love and Hardship
Hardly any Libyan literature has been translated from Arabic. Now, a
former American diplomat to Libya has published a collection of
Libyan short stories in English. The collection offers insights into
a hitherto undiscovered literary landscape. By Susannah Tarbush
http://qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-310/_nr-574/i.html
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Sign the Petition : Release the Arrested University Teachers Immediately : An Appeal to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
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Mukto-Mona Celebrates 5th Anniversary
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Kansat Uprising : A Special Page from Mukto-Mona
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MM Project : Grand assembly of local freedom fighters at Raumari
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German Bangla Radio Interviews Mukto-Mona Members:
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