You are here: Homepage Tag education Articles Young people in Kenya admire the starry sky through the “SkyWatcher Flextube”, a mobile telescope Photo: Daniel Chu Owen Education | Kenya Kenya’s travelling telescope How Susan Murabana inspires Kenya’s children with astrophysics and the wonders of the starry sky By Sharon Machira 01/26/2024 Illustration: Hanneke Rozemuller Family life | Great Britain A quiet goodbye Since he can remember, there has been a deep rift between Daljit Nagra and his parents. He is ashamed of their narrow-mindedness; they despise his transformation into a “white man”. Memories of a difficult childhood By Daljit Nagra 10/16/2023 A performance of the Iranian story "The Little Black Fish" in the Turkish village of Karakuyu Köyü Photo: Berna Küpeli Festival | Turkey “Children have more imagination than we do” Circus and theatre for refugee children in the middle of a conflict-torn area? The Flying Carpet Festival on the Turkish-Syrian border makes the impossible possible Interview with Sahba Aminikia 06/01/2023 Section of the map with North and South America and part of Europe Photo: C.H. Beck, München World atlas Cartology and cliché A new historical world atlas claims to break away from a purely Eurocentric view of the world. It almost succeeds By Birte Förster 01/09/2023 Musa Okwonga in front of the Oberbaumbrücke in Berlin Photo: Kasia Zacharko Personal history | UK to Germany A healing journey The author Musa Okwonga hasn’t looked back on his decision to leave his home country Great Britain. On a life between Eton College, day-to-day life in Berlin and memories of Uganda By Musa Okwonga 01/09/2023 Illustration: Opinion | Inequality The illusion of “equal opportunities” for all Giving people equal opportunities sounds like a no-brainer. But the common-sense idea is not properly put into practice today, argues Spanish sociologist César Rendueles By César Rendueles 07/01/2022 During a demonstration in Bogotá in 2015, a demonstrator holds a sign that reads "Education is dying" Photo: Guillermo Legaria/AFP via Getty Images Survey | Colombia 92% of Colombians want a better education system A large proportion of Colombians are convinced that educational opportunities are extremely unequally distributed. What can be done? By Juan Álvarez 04/14/2022 Author Lubi Barre Photo: Cécile Ash Personal history | Somalia Having a voice From a Somalian childhood to reading books in Paris and writing in Germany: On why I had to learn a foreign language to express myself freely By Lubi Barre 04/14/2022 Writer and lecturer Maaza Mengiste Photo: Annette Riedl / dpa / picture alliance Talking point | Fiction With respect How to write about things you haven’t experienced yourself. By Maaza Mengiste 04/14/2022 The Socrates Program at Bard College Berlin offers classes for people who do not have formal qualifications Photo: Bard College Berlin Education Learning without obstacles No qualifications but you still want to study? The “Socrates” project in Berlin, Vienna and Budapest makes it happen By Leonie Düngefeld 10/01/2021 In 2020, Bjeen Alhassan received the German Integration Award for her work Photo: Guido Bergmann Personal history | Syria Coming up for air after the war Bjeen Alhassan, born in Qamishli, Syria, now lives in Germany. In her Facebook group “Learning with Bijin” she helps refugee women, earning her the German Integration Award By Bjeen Alhassan 07/01/2021 Education The empty lunch box For many children, school provides not just education but a healthy meal. The United Nations report “State of School Feeding Worldwide 2020” reveals how the pandemic has hit those who have the least the hardest. Interview with Susanna Krüger 04/01/2021
Young people in Kenya admire the starry sky through the “SkyWatcher Flextube”, a mobile telescope Photo: Daniel Chu Owen Education | Kenya Kenya’s travelling telescope How Susan Murabana inspires Kenya’s children with astrophysics and the wonders of the starry sky By Sharon Machira 01/26/2024
Illustration: Hanneke Rozemuller Family life | Great Britain A quiet goodbye Since he can remember, there has been a deep rift between Daljit Nagra and his parents. He is ashamed of their narrow-mindedness; they despise his transformation into a “white man”. Memories of a difficult childhood By Daljit Nagra 10/16/2023
A performance of the Iranian story "The Little Black Fish" in the Turkish village of Karakuyu Köyü Photo: Berna Küpeli Festival | Turkey “Children have more imagination than we do” Circus and theatre for refugee children in the middle of a conflict-torn area? The Flying Carpet Festival on the Turkish-Syrian border makes the impossible possible Interview with Sahba Aminikia 06/01/2023
Section of the map with North and South America and part of Europe Photo: C.H. Beck, München World atlas Cartology and cliché A new historical world atlas claims to break away from a purely Eurocentric view of the world. It almost succeeds By Birte Förster 01/09/2023
Musa Okwonga in front of the Oberbaumbrücke in Berlin Photo: Kasia Zacharko Personal history | UK to Germany A healing journey The author Musa Okwonga hasn’t looked back on his decision to leave his home country Great Britain. On a life between Eton College, day-to-day life in Berlin and memories of Uganda By Musa Okwonga 01/09/2023
Illustration: Opinion | Inequality The illusion of “equal opportunities” for all Giving people equal opportunities sounds like a no-brainer. But the common-sense idea is not properly put into practice today, argues Spanish sociologist César Rendueles By César Rendueles 07/01/2022
During a demonstration in Bogotá in 2015, a demonstrator holds a sign that reads "Education is dying" Photo: Guillermo Legaria/AFP via Getty Images Survey | Colombia 92% of Colombians want a better education system A large proportion of Colombians are convinced that educational opportunities are extremely unequally distributed. What can be done? By Juan Álvarez 04/14/2022
Author Lubi Barre Photo: Cécile Ash Personal history | Somalia Having a voice From a Somalian childhood to reading books in Paris and writing in Germany: On why I had to learn a foreign language to express myself freely By Lubi Barre 04/14/2022
Writer and lecturer Maaza Mengiste Photo: Annette Riedl / dpa / picture alliance Talking point | Fiction With respect How to write about things you haven’t experienced yourself. By Maaza Mengiste 04/14/2022
The Socrates Program at Bard College Berlin offers classes for people who do not have formal qualifications Photo: Bard College Berlin Education Learning without obstacles No qualifications but you still want to study? The “Socrates” project in Berlin, Vienna and Budapest makes it happen By Leonie Düngefeld 10/01/2021
In 2020, Bjeen Alhassan received the German Integration Award for her work Photo: Guido Bergmann Personal history | Syria Coming up for air after the war Bjeen Alhassan, born in Qamishli, Syria, now lives in Germany. In her Facebook group “Learning with Bijin” she helps refugee women, earning her the German Integration Award By Bjeen Alhassan 07/01/2021
Education The empty lunch box For many children, school provides not just education but a healthy meal. The United Nations report “State of School Feeding Worldwide 2020” reveals how the pandemic has hit those who have the least the hardest. Interview with Susanna Krüger 04/01/2021
