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…
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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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