#03 - How Refugees in Germany Get the News While Learning German - Julia Gerlach & Amal, Berlin!
08/17/20 • 28 min
In this week's podcast episode I speak with Julia Gerlach, co-founder and journalist for Amal, Berlin! a news website that reports in German, Farsi/Dari, and Arabic. Their reporting helps refugees who are still learning German learn about current events in Berlin, Hamburg, and Germany. Amal, helps refugees be part of the society by staying informed and taking part in civic discussions even before they are fluent in German.
Connect with Amal, Berlin! and share their publications using the links below.
Amal, Berlin! Website
Amal Berlin! Youtube Farsi/Dari
Amal, Hamburg! Facebook Arabic
Amal, Hamburg! Facebook Farsi/Dari
Amal, Berlin! Instagram
Send your feedback on what you thought about this week's episode or suggestions for integration organizations in Germany that I should interview to: [email protected]
Follow Integration for Everyone on Twitter @ifepodcast
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In this week's podcast episode I speak with Julia Gerlach, co-founder and journalist for Amal, Berlin! a news website that reports in German, Farsi/Dari, and Arabic. Their reporting helps refugees who are still learning German learn about current events in Berlin, Hamburg, and Germany. Amal, helps refugees be part of the society by staying informed and taking part in civic discussions even before they are fluent in German.
Connect with Amal, Berlin! and share their publications using the links below.
Amal, Berlin! Website
Amal Berlin! Youtube Farsi/Dari
Amal, Hamburg! Facebook Arabic
Amal, Hamburg! Facebook Farsi/Dari
Amal, Berlin! Instagram
Send your feedback on what you thought about this week's episode or suggestions for integration organizations in Germany that I should interview to: [email protected]
Follow Integration for Everyone on Twitter @ifepodcast
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Previous Episode
#02 - Brandenburg has Space, Jo and Potsdam Konvoi
In this episode, I talk with Jo of the organization Potsdam Konvoi about their campaign to bring 2000 people living in refugee camps in Greece to the German Federal State of Brandenburg.
Kurzgesagt YouTube video on the European "refugee crisis" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnT-iF0CAZk
Potsdam Konvoi Website - https://www.potsdam-konvoi.de/
Brandenburg hat Platz Campaign site (click here to see their poster) - https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/brandenburg-hat-platz-landesaufnahmeprogramm-fuer-gefluechtete-jetzt
Asylum statistics for Germany - https://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/germany/statistics
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Next Episode
#04 - Amal, Berlin! Continued, a conversation with Arabic Reporter Asmaa
This episode is a follow-up from last week's conversation with Julia from Amal, Berlin!. Amal is a news organization that publishes news stories in German, Farsi/Dari, and Arabic. After speaking with co-founder and reporter Julia, she recommended here colleague, a reporter writing in Arabic, Asmaa for another conversation. Getting another perspective from Amal was incredibly valuable as Asmaa was able to draw on her experience writing for an Arabic speaking expatriate community and her own experience of moving to Germany as a refugee and going through the process of settling in.
In this conversation, you will hear:
- Reporting during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
- What "integration" means and why it may be time to think beyond integration.
- Next steps for involving refugees in society in a meaningful way.
- Two-way integration.
- Asmaa's own experience moving to Germany.
There are a lot of ways to connect with Amal, Berlin! and Amal, Hamburg! You can find those below:
Amal, Berlin! Website
Amal Berlin! Youtube Farsi/Dari
Amal, Hamburg! Facebook Arabic
Amal, Hamburg! Facebook Farsi/Dari
Amal, Berlin! Instagram
Send your feedback on what you thought about this week's episode or suggestions for integration organizations in Germany that I should interview to: [email protected]
Follow Integration for Everyone on Twitter @ifepodcast
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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