Interview

General-Secretary of DISK/Dev Yapi-Is Nihat Demir. (Courtesy of Nihat Demir)
Union leader describes Istanbul construction site as ‘slave camp’
Stephen Starr
Tunisian Minister of Cultural Affairs Mohamed Zine el-Abidine. (AFP)
Tunisian minister sees culture as ‘buffer’ to radicalisation
Ibrahim Ouf 1
Iraqi political activist Mustafa al-Safi sits in The Arab Weekly’s office in London, on October 10. (Mamoon Alabbasi)
Iraqi protests seek ‘change in political system, not just services’
Mamoon Alabbasi
Fully engaged. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) representative in Washington. (Courtesy of Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman)
Forming Kurdish coalition government still ‘possible’
Sharmila Devi
Saudi literary critic Saad Albazei. (Al Arab)
Saudi literary critic: ‘Fight against extremism continues’
Zaki al-Soudeir
A call for political settlement. Former President of South Yemen Ali Nasir Muhammad. (Twitter)
Former president of South Yemen calls for political solution to war
Saleh Baidhani
Tunisian books to the fore. Director of the national Tunisian Book Fair, Mansour M’henni. (Courtesy of Mansour M’henni)
Talking to the director of the first Tunisian Book Fair
Roua Khlifi
Khalifa Haftar (C), the military commander who dominates eastern Libya, leaves after an international conference on Libya at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 29, 2018. (Reuters)
Libya’s Haftar still supports elections but sees others stalling
Translator Khaled al-Jubeili. (Khaled al-Jubeili’s Facebook page)
Translator finds in Arabic tool to transmit other cultures
Khulud al-Fallah