"Because I’m afraid we should admit that a double-scale policy would only generate double human misery, and that history will obviously not stop repeating itself."
Autor: Nuha Askar Blog
Borders! What really are borders? My son had once asked: what if there are no borders in the whole world? And Mom don’t you think that those seas and oceans are the natural only borders among continents!
As an English literature bachelor and diploma graduate, as an English teacher and translator that totally advocate mutual understanding in cultural and lingual dimensions, today as a migrant or rather a Syrian refugee living in the west –since July 2015 in Germany, I find myself ahead with this „integration“, „refugee crisis“ and many other terminology with the apparently problematic misunderstanding or mistrust characterizing the relationship between us.
Qual der Wahl
2021 ist das Superwahljahr in Deutschland. Gäbe es "eine Qual der Wahl" in Syrien? und was hat das mit der deutschen Wahl zu tun?
Wird es gelingen?
"Ich dachte, während wir uns hier so „integrieren“, wie es die deutschen Regeln vorschreiben, könnten wir wahrscheinlich die Liebe zueinander irgendwie „integrieren”, wenn nicht Liebe, dann Respekt, wenn nicht Respekt, dann zumindest die Anerkennung, dass wir derselben Geographie und Geschichte angehören."
Between Here and There…How Much Do We Learn from Global Stories?
In Hesse, in addition to the pandemic, the media debate between politicians and climate activists has recently escalated. The dispute is about the cutting down of part of the Dannenröder forest because of the extension of the motorway (A49). Unfortunately, the Griedeler Wald in Butzbach could soon suffer the same destiny.. In parallel, a tragic scene of the environmental and human disasters in Syria came up to my mind. They all generated some comparisons and thoughts, between here and there.
Nuha Askar 