Society

The first issue of NANSEN Magazine is all about what it’s like to be a Turk in Berlin today. For Issue 01 they’ve focused on Aydin Akin, a man many Berliners will recognise, even if not by name.

Forced to relocate miles from her children’s Berlin kindergarten, Halima Farah has been working to find a solution for her family. But she faces a lack of support from those entrusted with her welfare, bureaucratic delays violence and intimidation from building management.

Syrian reporter and editor Majid Albunni interviews a German migration expert about the prospects for migrants seeking work in Germany. With the right qualifications and a bit of patience, the outlook is reasonably good.

For many people heading home last Christmas, difficult conversations about race, immigration and prejudice awaited them. Rarely do these conversations have a satisfying ending.

Donald Trump will soon take over the most (seemingly) powerful office in the United States. In just one month, Vogue will launch its first ever Arabia edition. These two events are related – by hijab.

Until now, immigration policy in Germany has followed a pathway defined by residency, employment, and citizenship restrictions. Put another way, policy has been concerned with 3 primary questions: Who is allowed to stay, who is allowed to work, and who is, ultimately, allowed to participate fully in the political process of the Federal Republic.

Many of the world's cities teem with fasting bodies during the 30-odd days of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan - the holiest month in Islam. About 300,000 Muslims live in Berlin: that makes for a lot of hungry individuals during the holy month.

If you’ve been holding off registering your address at the Bürgeramtafter hearing about the difficulty of securing an appointment or long waiting times, this week is an excellent time to get the job done.

When Berliners voted to protect Tempelhofer Feld as a public park in 2014, it was seen as a key success for direct democracy.

In the interest of reducing food waste, a Berlin initiative is connecting a system of publicly accessible fridges where people can safely drop off their leftovers in order to feed more hungry mouths.

According to a recent UNICEF report children now make up more than half of the world’s refugee population.

Once dubbed the “mother of all airports”, Tempelhof Airport is now welcoming refugees into its bosom.