Almanach

Impressum

Aline Schläpfer — 2025-04-01

Impressum

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Aline Schläpfer — 2025-04-01

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editorial

Giorgio Ennas — 2025-04-01

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Kunst der Revolution oder Revolutionskunst

Elika Djalili — 2025-04-01

Instagram hat sich seit der Bewegung «Jin, Jiyan, Azadi», Frau, Leben, Freiheit, zu einem bedeutenden Katalysator für Kunstwerke
entwickelt. Um aber zu verstehen, wie sich die Ausdrucksformen der Protestkunst im Iran gewandelt haben, lohnt es sich, Themen und Motive zur Zeit der Revolution von 1979 mit jenen der aktuellen Oppositionsbewegung gegenüberzustellen

Historische Narrative

Hanna Pahls — 2025-04-01

Im Kampf um das Narrativ der Geschichte Israels und Palästinas stehen sich zwei Seiten gegenüber, die sich gegenseitig als existenzielle Bedrohung wahrnehmen. Zwischen diesen verhärteten Fronten bringt eine Ausstellung des Palästinensischen Museums in der Westbank alternative Perspektiven ein, die vorgefasste Annahmen hinterfragen. Doch letztlich bleiben auch sie in denselben Kategorien verhaftet, die einen konstruktiven Diskurs erschweren. Eine Analyse.

The Emergence of the Father State in Germany

Devran Koray Öcal — 2025-04-01

The state-like significance attributed to DİTİB that manages over 900 Turkish-Sunni mosques in Germany has long been a subject of criticism. However, for hundreds of thousands of Turkish-Sunni community members who had migrated to Germany, theses mosques represent a paternalist figure of the father state. But even more so, they serve as a second home.

Aerocity Beirut

Cyrus Schayegh — 2025-04-01

When Beirut International Airport opened in 1950, its impact turned Lebanon's capital into an aerocity. This development built on the communication and transport infrastructures Beirut had in its function as the mashriq's principal global hub. And in the end even had far-reaching cultural dimensions.

A Swiss Doctor Fights Cholera

Giorgio Ennas — 2025-04-01

Josef Koetschet, a Swiss physician, was one important figure of the 1866 cholera epidemic in Sarajevo. He contributed to the health of the Ottoman population with the medical knowledge he had gained in Europe and thus played a crucial role in the containment of cholera in the region. His work as public doctor is of remarkable interest in the history of sanitary measures in the Ottoman Empire, especially in the light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic.

Die Traditionsfrage im zeitgenössischen muslimischen Diskurs

Amir Dziri — 2025-04-01

Immer wieder fällt dieser ominöse Verweis auf die islamische Tradition. Doch niemand kann genau sagen, was Tradition eigentlich
bedeutet. Worüber wird da eigentlich geredet?

Libya and Italy

Maddalena Zaglio — 2025-04-01

A former colonizer-colonized relationship can evolve if both countries engage in a mutually beneficial cooperation. That's what happened between Italy and Libya in the late 1950s, in sectors such as banking and oil. The legacy of this transformation is still visible today.

Youth Cooperatives

Faiq Mari — 2025-04-01

In the struggle for liberation and dignified work Palestinian youth return to the concept of Resistance Economy. A successful agricultural cooperative in the Palestinian West Bank serves as their model.