Expertise: Education, migration, refugee issues, and Islam in Switzerland. Initials: AA
Abdelhafidh began working for swissinfo.ch in 2008. Over the years, he has done features and reports on various topics invoving life in Switzerland, particularly immigrant and refugee issues, education at different levels, tourism, and Islam in Switzerland.
Looking for missing people in Syria: can a new UN body help?
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Geneva may soon get another United Nations institution, after the General Assembly voted on June 29 to create a body on missing people in Syria.
Switzerland drops the Geneva Initiative. But what’s the alternative?
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Switzerland has turned the page on the Geneva Initiative, 20 years after its launch. The time has come to adopt a different approach, the Swiss say.
The United Nations in Geneva – before and during the pandemic
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Since March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the European headquarters of the UN and international agencies in Geneva to remain almost empty.
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Geneva is home to a large network of local and international civil society organisations. Here are some of the people behind them.
Geneva has become an incubation hub for citizen initiatives
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Innovative individual initiatives are sprouting up in Geneva to tackle the new challenges the city – and the world – are facing.
How Switzerland and France approach ‘Islamic separatism’
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Could a controversial French action plan to tackle “parallel societies” within the Muslim community resonate in neighbouring Switzerland?
Switzerland’s controversial minaret ban, ten years on
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A decade ago, a majority of Swiss voters backed a people’s initiative banning the building of minarets in the country. What has changed since?
‘Business as usual for Qatar’, says ambassador to Bern
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Qatar has been subject to an economic and political blockade by its Middle East neighbours for a month, and the situation looks set to drag on.
Religious recognition in Switzerland—a cantonal affair
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A multicultural society is often a multi-religious one. How can Switzerland best manage its growing diversity and the frictions which can arise?
Imam: 99% of radicalisation happens outside mosques
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Two-thirds of the Swiss refuse to recognise Islam as an official religion, requiring Muslims in Switzerland to make a greater effort to integrate.
