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Exiled Syrian TV chef Malakeh Jazmati makes first trip home since Assad fell
Deciding to return was easy. But with children at school in Germany, and Syria in ruins, nothing else is straightforward for the restaurateur
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How German Muslims voted in the federal elections and why
Concerns about the economy and anti-immigrant discrimination brought Germany’s Muslim minority out in force for left and centre left parties
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Why more German Turkish voters could be voting for the anti-immigrant AfD
Germany heads to the polls on Sunday — and nearly 20% of its Turkish population is expected to back the far right, thanks in part to viral videos
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Filmmaker: Germany has learnt nothing from its history of anti-Muslim violence
Martina Priessner’s documentary The Mölln Letters, exploring how Germany fails the victims of far-right terror, opens at the Berlin film festival as elections dominated by anti-migrant rhetoric loom
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Cuts to Germany’s asylum mental health services put lives at risk, experts warn
Amid anti-immigration rhetoric stoked by a fatal stabbing in Aschaffenburg, trauma specialists say refugees need help just as resources are taken away
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Joy and fear of Berlin’s Syrians as they consider returning after fall of Assad
A million people fled civil war in Syria and built lives in Germany. As European governments encourage refugees to return, experts warn of the economic hole they may leave behind
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The electro club night serving Arab Berliners a dose of nostalgia — with a twist
Nour Nouralla founded Sahra to fill a gap in Berlin’s world-famous nightlife. But Germany’s cultural landscape remains hostile to Arab cultural events
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The three Dutch women fighting back against rising Islamophobia
Meld Islamofobie’s co-founder reflects on a decade in which the far right has moved from the fringes to Geert Wilders leading the Dutch coalition government
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Austrian Muslims fear deportation after far right wins vote on ‘remigration’ platform
The Freedom party may struggle to form a government despite its historic election victory, but Muslim leaders report fears that its policy pledge to deport people from migrant backgrounds may become law
