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  • B/W photo of a group of people standing in front of a lit-up sign that says "Saytheirnames"
    Documentary on racist attack in Germany

    Fighting for the truth in Hanau

    Director Marcin Wierzchowski has been following the families of the victims in Hanau since the day after the shootings. His new documentary, "Das Deutsche Volk", premiered last week, marking the fifth anniversary of the racist attack.

  • A wall of graffiti welcoming tourists and immigrants to Berlin
    Taqi Akhlaqi’s book "Versteh einer die Deutschen"

    German quirks from an Afghan perspective

    Taqi Akhlaqi came to Germany for four months on a scholarship to work on a new novel, where he experienced a range of cultural shocks. He recounts this experience in his highly readable new book “Versteh einer die Deutschen” (Surely someone must understand the Germans).

  •  The storefront where a bomb exploded 20 years ago, the shop window filled with portraits of people
    Germany's multicultural society

    Racism 'on the rise' 20 years after NSU bombing

    On 9 June 2004, a nail bomb exploded in the heart of a bustling Turkish community in Cologne. German officials quickly rejected the notion that the attack was motivated by racism – and they accused the victims instead

  • Commemoration and remembrance – Germany is still considered a role model – Memorial Day for the liberation of Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Brandenburg
    Germany, the Holocaust and colonialism

    Controversy over 'culture of remembrance' reform

    Germany's coalition government wants to expand its remembrance culture to include the country's colonial history. Initial proposals have been met with criticism, in particular from heads of Holocaust memorial sites

  • Iranian author Nassir Djafari
    Nassir Djafari's "Der Großcousin"

    On the run

    A man who has lost touch with his Iranian roots meets a distant relative fleeing to Germany at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015. "Der Großcousin", Nassir Djafari's third novel, makes for a thrilling and topical read

  • Even before the mass protests against the AfD in 2024, a cultural movement was forming against the rise of the far right
    German culture scene unites against far-right

    "The Many" against the AfD

    Germany's right-wing AfD continues to gain ground in the polls. Many involved in the country's cultural scene fear the party will restrict artistic freedoms following the next election and have therefore launched their own campaign

  • Kebabs from Berlin were served in the garden of the German embassy's summer residence by the German president and Berlin restauranteur Keles
    German-Turkish relations

    Towards a modern policy on Turkey

    Political and diplomatic relations between Germany and Turkey are marked by dissent, but the numerous flashpoints in the Middle East are now bringing the two countries closer together. The German President's deft balancing act on his trip to Turkey points the way toward a pragmatic policy on Turkey

  • Imam Ender Çetin
    Imams from Germany

    "The idea of a German Islam isn't all that strange"

    Ender Çetin is one of the first imams to have been trained in Germany. Are these imams the bridge-builders Germany needs right now?

  • EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Abdul Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo
    EU-Egypt agreement

    Dubious deal with Cairo

    The EU's planned aid for Egypt will primarily serve to prop up authoritarian rule rather than contribute to the country's long-term stability. Additionally, the EU Commission's procedural approach is highly problematic

  • Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold Turkish flags and his picture
    DAVA party woos ethnic Turks

    Germany fears the "Erdogan party"

    For days, Germany has been discussing the emergence of a new party. Its name: DAVA. Critics say it is the extended arm of Turkish President Erdogan. Who is behind DAVA and what are its aims?

  • Women burn incense in a procession during a mass funeral for Yazidi victims of Islamic State (IS) in the northern Iraqi village of Kojo in Sinjar district
    German immigration policy

    Yazidis relive the horror as deportation looms

    Recently Germany's "culture of welcome" has given way to a much tougher asylum and immigration policy. Now Yazidi survivors of IS genocide face an uncertain, potentially re-traumatising future

  • View of Istanbul from the water
    Turkish literature in translation

    Hakan Bicakci's disintegrating self

    At the heart of Hakan Bicakci's novel "Schlaftrunken" – literally 'half-asleep' – lies an Istanbul torn apart by the gentrifying diggers and a protagonist plagued by sleeplessness and nightmares, watching his life slip through his fingers

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