these are articles, lectures or diwans that have topics related to Egypt
he discussion will also highlight the gendered dimensions of these practices, showing how women and marginalized groups often experience checkpoints as sites of surveillance, harassment, or moral regulation, revealing the nature of power in everyday life.
Continue Readingdialogue on identity, integration, and gender relations, highlighting the experiences of Arab professionals working in obstetrics and gynecology in Germany. It explores how these experiences shed light on the diversity and social transformations within migrant communities.
Continue ReadingWomen have many faces, and feminism has just as many. Protest against oppression and the struggle for freedom and equality are always influenced by the place and society in which women live.
There are many prejudices about Arab societies, and at least as many about their female members. When is a woman free, and is freedom the same at all times and in all places? Is resistance to patriarchy and the desire for change the same everywhere?
Continue ReadingOn fascism and radicalism in a democratic context It has now been a year since our ‘Democracy in Danger’ event in February 2024, which dealt specifically with current developments in democratic Western countries, especially ours here in Germany. Over the course of the year, this topic was a recurring theme, often in discussions at events […]
Continue ReadingAn Ibn Rushd Lecture with the ex-President of Tunisia Dr Moncef Marzouki, Prof Dr Udo Steinbach and Manal Seifeldin. What distinguishes the 21st century from the previous centuries and especially from the 20th century? What facts and realities should we relate to? How do we understand our world today and what is the role that […]
Continue ReadingDear friends of freedom of thought, in the Arab World and elsewhere, We cordially invite you to an Ibn Rushd Lecture with the Egyptian writer and publisher Mohamed Hashem on: “Culture and Revolution in Egypt prior and post the 25-January-Revolution” The Egyptian writer and publisher Mohamed Hashem founded his independent publishing house Dar Merit in Cairo […]
Continue ReadingIbn Rushd on tour with Al Qafila 2018 – the cultural caravan on the Journey of Life along the ‘Balkan Route’.
The Qafila al-Hayat sends artists and musicians from seven Arab countries on a Journey of Life to travel as a caravan in the footsteps of the men and women who fled war and destruction in their home countries in the Middle East along what became known as the Balkan Route.
And while they are experiencing their compatriots journey, these young people are on a mission: to show local audiences the rich culture that is a treasure brought by the people traveling towards a future on this most fateful journey of their lives.
Claiming Back Sovereignty over the Arab World This Year’s Ibn Rushd-Prize for Freedom of Thought will be presented to the Egyptian author Sonallah Ibrahim. He will receive the award personally on Friday, 26th November in Berlin. Mr Ibrahim will be presented the Ibn Rushd-Prize for his enduring fight for freedom of speech and democracy […]
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