In an Istanbul market, I came across an old German phrase book – and a reminder of how not to speak to migrants | Carolin Würfel ⊕
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Turkish immigrants to Germany in the 60s were seen as temporary labour, not people. Today’s government in Berlin is at risk of repeating the mistake
A few weekends ago, I went to the flea market in Bo…
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In 2025 I learned that reconciliation is less about a grand apology than a shift in perspective
Forgiveness isn’t a destination. It’s a journey. Mine began on an escalator at Berlin Brandenburg airpor…
Our cultural aversion to superficial answers leaves ‘Wie geht’s?’ sounding like a trick question. Perhaps it is time to let our guard down
In the early autumn, over pizza and wine, I had a conversatio…
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By my age, my German boomer parents had kids, a house, a car, a garden. All I have is a nervous feeling whenever I open my banking app
A couple of weeks ago, I came across an Amy Poehler joke in which…
The stories of curator Kathleen Reinhardt and provenance expert Lynn Rother show how exclusion can be turned to powerful insight
In February 1990, the German news magazine Der Spiegel ran the headline…
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Growing up in east Germany I saw how women around me struggled – and not enough has changed to make me alter my course
To be honest, mothers make me sad. Especially working mothers with small childre…
Pre-planned lunch is fine but is rarely about true connection. Surely unstructured time with friends is better
There’s a black and white image of the photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller and …
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Many turbulent years have taught my friends never to make plans. Yet, even after Ekrem İmamoğlu’s arrest, they have hope
When I first visited Istanbu…
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