Tunisian lawyer and feminist Saida Garrache has been General Secretary of the "Tunisian Association of Democratic Women" since mid-2006. Martina Sabra spoke to her about the difficulties entailed by her work in a state that tries to stifle all the activities of civil society
One people, two peoples, not a people at all? It's not easy, but the Israeli-Palestinian artist group "Artists without Walls" is trying out new forms of protest and of cooperation. By Charlotte Misselwitz
In Egypt, polls opened on 9 November for the first round of the three-stage parliamentary elections. The role of the Muslim Brotherhood could prove to be decisive. Veit Medick reports
The past months have seen dramatic changes in the political sphere of the Arab world. In his analysis, Amr Hamzawy makes an optimistic prognosis but warns that radical Islamism and ethnic violence are still influential factors in the region
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