Ulrike Meinhof: German ‘terrorist’ or Post-Wa...

Albert Camus was a literary giant of the 20th century, known for his philosophy of absurdity in the human quest for the meaning of life. His personal life and North African roots helped shape his writing. In philosophy circles, many called him a prominent voice of existentialism, ...  عرض المزيد

Asmahan was a rebel in a world of expectations. From a Druze Princess to exalted singer in 1930s and 40s Egypt – she lived in extremes and did exactly what she wanted. Asmahan also moonlighted as a messenger during the Second World War and when she was killed under mysterious cir ...  عرض المزيد

The Baader Meinhof Gang, or Red Army Faction, came about as post-war Germany sought to rebuild from the death and destruction of the Nazi era. As the Cold War gripped the world and self-declared revolutionary groups rose up, the gang's reign of violence across Germany in the 1970 ...  عرض المزيد

August 25th: Ramil Safarov Born (1977) One event can alter the course of a person’s entire life. On August 25th 1977 a young man was born and, pretty early in life, was subject to a war between his country and another. A war that lost him family members, forced his move, and alte ...  عرض المزيد

Peut-on faire parler les morts ? La réponse à cette question paraît évidente. Et pourtant, la justice aimerait bien que ce soit le cas. Par respect pour les familles des trois victimes. Trois femmes qui ont eu le malheur de croiser la route d’un tueur nomade. Impulsif, violent et ...  عرض المزيد

Growing up in New York as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, Nina Siegal had always wondered about the experience of her mother and maternal grandparents living in Europe during World War II. She had heard stories of the war as a child from her mother and grandfather, and read ...  عرض المزيد