#04 - Amal, Berlin! Continued, a conversation with Arabic Reporter Asmaa
08/24/20 • 31 min
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
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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.
Previous Episode
#03 - How Refugees in Germany Get the News While Learning German - Julia Gerlach & Amal, Berlin!
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.
Next Episode
#05 - It's All About Communication - Willkommen in Dallgow ft. Elisabeth Fleisch
Welcome to Dallgow, a small town on the outskirts of Berlin of about 10,000 people. Here you can find the welcome initiative Willkommen in Dallgow which formed to create a welcome community for refugees when they arrived in Germany and found themselves temporarily placed in refugee accommodations. This week's episode highlights the importance of those first days, weeks, and months for organizing community members for a welcome initiative. This week's guest, Elisabeth, discusses what it takes to ready a community for this kind of commitment. She shares her experience as a communication volunteer organizing volunteers and sharing information with the residents of Dallgow. She also discusses things that are important for enhancing integration in Germany such as cultural events and maintaining strong lines of communication between refugees and the community.
Visit Willkommen in Dallgow at their website and Facebook page:
Willkommen in Dallgow Website
Willkommen in Dallgow Facebook
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