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The world is out of joint: international law is being ridiculed, authoritarian regimes are gaining strength, human rights are being called into question, minorities are facing existential threats - in Iran, in the Middle East, but also in the centre of Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How can empathy for others be fostered in such an atmosphere? Perhaps even a sense of responsibility for others when their human rights are trampled upon? What holds societies together when violence, hatred, and polarisation are on the rise? And what role do those who refuse to remain silent play in this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
he war reporter, filmmaker and human rights activist D\u00fczen Tekkal has dedicated her life to the fight for human rights. Together with her four sisters, she has now written a kind of manifesto on how the world can be changed through \u201esisterhood\u201c in the book \u201eAnger and Warmth\u201c. In their book, they share their experiences as the daughters of a Yazidi Kurdish refugee family and the value of cohesion as a political compass for standing up for one's fellow human beings. In conversation with journalist Solmaz Khorsand, they discuss key questions that we need to address between the commitment to universal values and the increasingly common selective empathy: How does political courage emerge? How can solidarity become concrete? And what does it mean today to actively defend democracy and human rights?<\/p>\n\n\n\n