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From rags to riches
Madonna, like millions of other girls, dreamt from early childhood of becoming a star. Her dream came true because she was convinced that it was possible in America, through sheer willpower and the willingness to be brutal with herself. [more]
Shut out by the wall, shut in by tradition
Palestinian women are the hardest hit by the wall
"The wall creates new, irrevocable facts in women's lives". The stories of four women living in the shadow of the Israel-Palestine wall. [more]
In the icey cold of a precious moment
"What is it that people find here, 1856 metres above sea level? Proximity to the heavens? The snow, the cold, the silence, the clarity of the air? Or is it the intuition of the disappearance of the self?" Thomas Hettche on the Swiss village of Sils Maria. [more]
Visitation
Part of a house stands on appropriated Jewish land. When the systems changed so did the owners. But who does the house really belong to? [more]
Journey through Germany
In her journey through Germany, Ukrainian author Natalka Sniadanko discovers traces of her home country everywhere, as well as stereotypes about it. [more]
Johann Sebastian Bach: The geometric composer
Twenty-three attempts to fathom the cosmos Bach and his enigmatic musical order -- from the womb to eternity. [more]
The navel of the world
"What does he know of Europe who only Europe knows?" said Rudyard Kipling. A plea for looking beyond the borders of fatherland and mother tongue. [more]
The power of the covered women
Istanbul's feminine district
A pink halo hovers over Istanbul's traditional district of Üsküdar, where many of the monuments, mosques, and fountains were built by or for women. [more]
Whoever has a house, survives
Life for migrants to Istanbul's suburbs
Gecekondu, homes built semi-legally on public land, first appeared on the outskirts of Turkish cities in the 1950s. Originally, residents were granted ownership of their property. Now, around half pay rent. All the while, gecekondu districts continue to aggregate on the edges of Turkey's cities. [more]
Europe's inventors of the figure of mourning
A modern history of Turkey's Greek minority
The Greek minority in Turkey have suffered since 1920. Today, the EU represents their greatest hope for better prospects. [more]
Arrival in the twenty-first century
Istanbul and modernity
Istanbul's Ottoman heritage has been fighting a losing battle against modernization since the 1920s. For most residents of the city today, there is no alternative to a Western way of life. [more]
Imre Kertész. The stranger
An interview with Imre Kertész, in which he talks about discrimination, censorship, and linguistic isolation, and why he is at home with his alienation. [more]
Imre Kertész and his time
Not Jewish. Not Hungarian. Not anti-German enough.
The "perfect normality" of his fiction placed Imre Kertész on the sidelines of Hungarian literature during socialism, and still causes dislike, says a leading Hungarian playwright. [more]
The flying drapes of the Kaabah
Sonallah Ibrahim leads us through the eventful present and past of Saudi Arabia's relations to its neighbours. He concentrates on the history of the famous Kaabah drapes and the robbery attempted by Muhammad al-Fassi and his sister Hind. [more]
Walser's Wake, 1956 - 1966
Robert Walser's colleagues were also his readers. His texts are of a transitory character and keep turning away. [more]
Location
Talk to Her: The Set from the Viewpoint of the Director
Pedro Almodóvar's thoughts on photography and the differences between photos and pictures in motion. [more]
Women's Law
Interpreting Female Colours and the Male Gaze
Elisabeth Bronfen reflects on Pedro Almodovar's theory of colours, muted women, and the desires of his characters. [more]
"As long as people want to eat and drink, there'll be farmers"
An Interview with Franz Fischler, Member of the European Commission Responsible for Agriculture
Do our farmers have a future? Why does the EU need an agricultural policy? And will the current principles survive the enlargement process? [more]
The Ghosts I Called To
As part of a dossier on right-wing radicalism and populism in Europe, Alexander Böckli writes about the rise of such groups in Switzerland - and their seemless adaptation with the times. [more]
For Austria, Entirely Compatible
As part of a dossier on right-wing radicalism and populism in Europe, Karl-Markus Gauß writes about a new form of right-wing radicalism in Austria: bourgeois and polite, it appeals to a new - primarily economic - type of racism, which appears entirely in line with the "European values". [more]
The Left's Best Fiend
As a part of a dossier on right-wing radicalism and populism in Europe, Jacqueline Hénard traces how the strategy to power of the right-wing politican Bruno Mégret unwittingly led to fall back to the margins of interior politics. [more]
An Eerie Safeguard
As a part of a dossier on right-wing radicalism and populism in Europe, Sergio Romano looks at the parties in coalition with Berlusconi. [more]