 Meeting the Other: Borders, Identity and Cultures
In the framework of the European Year for Intercultural Dialogue, Babelmed and ten European partners have conceived a cultural project to put emphasis on the cultural expressions coming from Migrant population in Europe. |
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 Rapper Ammar114: “Islam Forbids Violence”
Nimet Seker
Honour killings, terrorist acts, the war in Iraq … in his song texts, the successful Muslim rapper Ammar114 criticises the injustice done both by and to Muslims. Nimet Seker spoke to him about his lyrics. |
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 Seyran Ates “Silence Makes Me An Accomplice”
Naima El Moussaoui
Seyran Ates was born into a Turkish family and moved from Istanbul to Berlin at the age of six. Now a successful lawyer and writer, she has been working for the rights of women for many years. |
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 Asli Bayram: Turkish-Born Beauty Queen as Anne Frank
Nimet Seker
Former Miss Germany, Asli Bayram, deliberately breaks with the old stereotypes and takes an open stand against the anti-Semitism that has resurfaced amongst European Muslims. |
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 Sincerely yours, by proxy
Naima El Moussaoui
At the Theater Essen, seven individuals tell of the day they were forced to leave their respective homelands. Miriam Strunk's "Flüchtlinge im Ruhestand" (Retired Refugees) is a powerful piece of authenticity. |
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 German TV: A Turkish anchorwoman needs to become a normal thing
Sonia Phalnikar
The choice of a minority presenter for the main news show on a major network is almost revolutionary in Germany. But experts say it spotlights the long way the country needs to go to visibly integrate its immigrants. |
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 Squandered potential
Nimet Seker
They have graduated from the university, are bilingual and at home in two cultures: college graduates of Turkish descent in Germany. A recent study provides the first statistics about this elite segment of the population and reveals surprising findings. |
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 “The Sons of Others”: A path in pictures
Marcella Rodino
It is an eight months long path that led to achieve the photo exhibit “The Sons of Others”. This project, straddling research and art, includes 11 faces of young “new Italians”, coming from Albania, Morocco, China, Romania and Peru.
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 Artists' Collective Migrantas A Visual Language of Migration
Nimet Seker
Immigrants themselves, they now devote their time to giving a voice to fellow immigrants. The artists' collective group Migrantas takes drawings and turns them into compelling pictograms. Nimet Seker sketches a portrait of the group |
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 French humour taken over by French-North African Women
Sarah Ben Ammar
During the last years French humour has become a weapon with a double edge skilfully handled by women coming from a double French-North African culture. |
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 I prefer to call it 'migrant foreground'
Naima El Moussaoui
Interview with author and theater director Miriam Strunk who talks about the creation, development and background of her project "Flüchtlinge im Ruhestand" (Retired Refugees) at the Schauspiel Essen. |
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 Meet Your Prejudice - Intercultural magazine Mikses
Nimet Seker
Germany’s new intercultural magazine Mikses hopes to inject new life into the country’s media arena and act as a mouthpiece for the younger migrant community. |
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 A tiny oasis in Berlin’s Neukölln district
Naima El Moussaoui
Often language alone is not enough to help people of different backgrounds communicate, which is why the leaders of a youth club in the Neukölln district of Berlin, where many immigrants live, use colour, music and movement. The children and young people there can create their own, new culture. |
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 Islamo-Feminism Goes Radical
Nimet Seker
They are furious, shameless and radical: In his documentary theater piece "Black Virgins," Feridun Zaimoglu has lent a voice to young Muslim women. Now the piece has come out as a radio play. |
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