Category: Salam News

  • The truth is in the details. A review of the novel ‘Minor Detail’ by Adania Shibli

    The truth is in the details. A review of the novel ‘Minor Detail’ by Adania Shibli

    In ‘Minor Detail’, the truth does not always do people justice, but it is the willingness to seek it that counts

  • Language matters. How to write and speak about Palestine and Israel?

    Language matters. How to write and speak about Palestine and Israel?

    Media reports of the Hamas attack on Israel and the bombing of Gaza lead once again to questions about the language used by public speakers. Both the writers and the recipients should be alert to the common pitfalls

  • Europe is capable of countering imperialism. But only when it sees fit

    Europe is capable of countering imperialism. But only when it sees fit

    “We feel guilty towards Jews for anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. This is a valid remorse. It is a pity that in the context of the situation in Israel and Palestine, we are trying to atone for the crimes of the past while ignoring the ones being committed today” – says editor-in-chief of the Polish edition…

  • What is Zionism, how was Hamas founded, and who is establishing settlements in the West Bank?

    What is Zionism, how was Hamas founded, and who is establishing settlements in the West Bank?

    To make it easier for you to find your way in the maze of information, we publish a short guide to the most important concepts related to the escalation of military operations in the Gaza Strip and Israel

  • Polish children dream Ukrainian dreams 

    Polish children dream Ukrainian dreams 

    We talk to the writer Żanna Słoniowska about the year of Ukrainian literature on the Polish and foreign publishing market, Polish-Ukrainian relations and the decolonization of Russian literature 

  • Beyond cybersecurity. What’s hiding behind Jordan’s new “draconian” law?

    Beyond cybersecurity. What’s hiding behind Jordan’s new “draconian” law?

    Three weeks ago, King Abdullah II approved the new law on cybercrime. Opposition, lawmakers, and human rights organisations warn that the new law targets LGBTQ+ individuals, extends state control over social media, restricts access to information, and contributes to punishing the government’s opponents

  • “Every family cooks borscht their own way”

    “Every family cooks borscht their own way”

    “At times, someone standing next to me in a shop would start holding their bag tighter. They thought that I would steal from them. Sometimes I asked jokingly, “You know why I won’t steal from you today? Because it’s a Thursday”. On On Ukraine’s Independence Day, we talk to Nadia Ohly about religion, being a…

  • Can a dating app be halal?

    Can a dating app be halal?

    ‘Muslims don’t date, they marry’. Since its founding, the Muzzmatch app has been helping Muslim men and women meet their future spouse on their own terms

  • Indian dolce vita. What do laddoo taste like?

    Indian dolce vita. What do laddoo taste like?

    Birth of a child, promotion or Diwali – in India, none can happen without a proper grand celebration accompanied by traditional Indian sweets. Friend’s engagement? Have a chewy and sweet karachi halva. A passed exam? Take a bite of a rich and syrupy doughnut – gulab jamun

  • ‘Today we drink only Bloody Mary.’ Period in India

    ‘Today we drink only Bloody Mary.’ Period in India

    The period is a taboo topic in societies around the world. Even in fairly liberal European countries, we’ve only just started to talk about menstruation out loud. How was a song about a period created in a country where up to 23% of girls drop out of school when they get their first period?

  • More than a ritual. The Muslim prayer

    More than a ritual. The Muslim prayer

    The Muslim prayer is more than a religious ritual. It is not only one of the pillars of Islam, or the duties of every Muslim, but also a series of preparations, acts and movements. So what do you need to know about salat, prayer in Islam?

  • Graveyard of white man’s clothing. Where do our garments end up? 

    Graveyard of white man’s clothing. Where do our garments end up? 

    Tons of rotting clothes pile up, creating foul-smelling, toxic landfills. The waste slowly pouring into the surrounding houses is absorbing more of the green landscape. Cattle graze on top of the heaps, birds flock up in search for food

  • “Like some trash bags that can be thrown into a truck and taken away”

    “Like some trash bags that can be thrown into a truck and taken away”

    “Considering how many refugees’ clothes and remains of camps are found in the Podlasie forests, it is reasonable to assume that many refugees are gone forever. Some drowned in swamps; some were eaten by animals. Those bodies will most likely never be found, they may never get a respectful burial” – the photojournalist Agnieszka Sadowska-Mazurek…

  • It is 75 years since the Nakba. What do you need to know about the tragedy?

    It is 75 years since the Nakba. What do you need to know about the tragedy?

    On 15 May, Palestinians commemorate the events of 1948 – the mass displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people. The catastrophe is known as Nakba, and this year marks its 75th anniversary

  • Beyond Repair? Lebanon’s Collapsing Financial System

    Beyond Repair? Lebanon’s Collapsing Financial System

    Political instability, rampant corruption, record-level inflation, and a staggering rise in the cost of living. Lebanon’s economic crisis has plunged the country into a state of unprecedented turmoil

  • Enrique’s search for paradise

    Enrique’s search for paradise

    He left Cuba because it became too cramped for him. When at the end of the concert he was asked to praise the Cuban Revolution from the stage, he realized he did not have enough freedom

  • Things in Pakistan are not what they seem

    Things in Pakistan are not what they seem

    Why is it easier for us to get along with Ahmad than with Vijay? We talk about Pakistan, ‘India’s evil twin brother’ with Dr. Jakub Wilanowski-Hilchen, an Indologist

  • What do the Israelis want?

    What do the Israelis want?

    Israelis are protesting against judicial reforms, shouting, “We don’t want what happened in Poland and Hungary!”. Why didn’t they take to the streets when right next door for decades, Palestinians have been dying from Israeli apartheid? Shiraz, a social work and education student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of one of…