Rings a bell anyone?
Looking for 2 in 1 shower gel at the drugstore – in Germany you find gels that specifically state for hair AND body. Of course the practical-thinking German is fond…
The Beggar of Lavapies
The lines on the page shackled her thoughts – 'the mirror tells her the best years of her life have been wasted'. Wasted was how she felt although it was Springtime…
Is the television series Surprising Europe really surprising?
The migrant suspects reality: having experienced several ways of being, he understands their illusory nature. To see things plainly, you have to cross a frontier, says Salman Rushdie. Are things…
Questioning Germanness in Integration Course: A review of documentary film ‘Werden Sie Deutscher’
At the beginning, the project seemed quite complicated. There was however, a great level of openness, says director Britt Beyer in radio interview. A review of documentary film ‘Werden Sie…
Hooligans, Salafists and Extremism: Where do you draw the line?
On October 26th, 2014, hooligans from rival football clubs were brought together by a common cause – they were united against Salafists, loosely bandied about in Germany as a synonym…
The Migrant Eye
Our new collaborator Nasima Akaloo introduces a fresh section on multicoolty called "The Migrant Eye": Commentaries, criticism, news, analysis, interviews… this is what you can expect from ‘The Migrant Eye’.…
In conversation with writer Hidir E. Çelik
Hidir Çelik was born in 1960 in Tunceli, Turkey where he completed his secondary school education. Immediately afterwards, he joined his family in Germany where he worked in a metal…
Currywurst, baked camel recipe and the circling pig
The exhibit ‘Eating and Drinking in Germany’ (Is(s) Was?!) at the Haus der Geschichte museum is well worth a visit as it interactively offers a spectrum of the changes in…
Intercultural Week in Bonn kicks off with HIPPY
The presentation of the HIPPY (Home Interaction for Parents and Preschool Youngsters) House-Visit pilot programme kicked off the Intercultural Week 2014 in Bonn. Pedagogue Barbara Schlüter, together with her team,…
Intercultural week in Bonn
This year, the ‘Intercultural Week’ will take place between September 15 and October 3rd, 2014 in Bonn. Under the motto ‘Finding commonalities, celebrating differences’, the event, which is now in…
Labelling Migration: making sense of the hodge-podge of terms
We all recognise the need to label and be labelled, so what’s all the fuss, you might ask? For quite a few years now, discussion has been ongoing on the…
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