Looking forward to speaking on February 4 at the University of Münster on the current predicament of the Middle East.
When I wrote this chapter in early 2025, I could not have imagined in which situation we would find ourselves roughly one year later: “The…
It was my tremendous pleasure to participate in the Conference “Utopias and Their Pursuit: A Comparative Study of the East and West”, hosted by the…
Looking forward to talking about overlooked connections of political Islam between the Arab World, Iran, and South Asia as part of a lecture series on…
I spoke with German National Public Television in their special on the hostage release this morning – and what could come next as “peace” still…
This morning, I spoke with Sandra Schulz of German National Public Radio about the agreement on the first stage of the Gaza plan, the unbridled…
The first review of Utopianism in the Middle East and North Africa (Edinburgh University Press, 2025), co-edited by Thomas Pierret and me, is in. Jörg…
My latest article is out in Die Welt des Islams – and it is open access! This is the abstract: This article explores the sudden,…
On Tuesday, June 24, I was able to discuss the implications of Trump’s imposed ceasefire and what it means for Israel, Gaza, Iran, and the…
On June 13 and 14, 2025 I was interviewed by Swiss National Public Radio (“Echo der Zeit”), Welt Fernsehen, and Berlin-based daily Tagesspiegel on the…