The Beauty of Difference - New Stories Celebrating Diversity

Far too often, white women tend to understand feminism one-dimensionally and oppression singularly. What is missing is an understanding that...

Far too often, white women tend to understand feminism one-dimensionally and oppression singularly. What is missing is an understanding that Black women and women of color face different forms of oppression simultaneously. In this book, Natasha A. Kelly shows how elitism and racial prejudice have long dominated Western feminist discourse, preventing a feminism that is open to all. In order to change this, she uses personal and collective experiences and historical highlights to tell the story of Black feminism in Germany.

The story of a family at the time of the Turkish coup, and its cherished hopes of a new life.Nilay...

The story of a family at the time of the Turkish coup, and its cherished hopes of a new life.Nilay wants to leave Berlin. For Istanbul. Preferably tonight. For weeks, she and her parents have been following the news from Taksim Square: the images of the protests, the cry for freedom. Selim and Hülya are distraught. They themselves were children in the streets of Izmir. Then came the attempted coup of September 1980. Years of despotism followed, yet they still believed in a future for themselves in their home country. After all, they had each other, and found ways to resist. Thirty years later, their daughters are drawn to the country they left behind in the hope of finding freedom elsewhere.

The washing baskets were always full – not with dirty laundry but unpaid bills that her mother couldn’t settle despite...

The washing baskets were always full – not with dirty laundry but unpaid bills that her mother couldn’t settle despite how she worked. When Marlen Hobrack looks back on her deprived childhood in an uneducated household, she realises that it has little in common with the stories of people from middle-class backgrounds – a class she now belongs to as a successful journalist. But as a single mother at 19 who was born in East Germany, does she really belong or is she walking a fine line between the two worlds? Hobrack clears up the middle-class myths of equal opportunity and social advancement. It also shows how, at the heart of every debate surrounding identity politics, is also the issue of class.

Journalist, political scientist and TV presenter Hadija Haruna-Oelker has long explored the topics of racism, intersectionality and discrimination. She is...

Journalist, political scientist and TV presenter Hadija Haruna-Oelker has long explored the topics of racism, intersectionality and discrimination. She is convinced that we all to some extent share each other's views, that we can learn from other people, and that we should listen more. In this book, she tells her personal story in the context of socio-political thought, and discusses among other things our perception of difference, solidarity, changing perspectives, empowerment, and the beauty of diversity. So we can go about unlearning misconceptions, and think differently together – by creating new spaces, finding our voice, and meeting others with a curious and open mind.Nominated for the 2022 Leipzig Book Fair Prize in the non-fiction/essay category.

On 248 pages, Guruli demonstrates with poetic linguistic power how the feeling of home and security can suddenly be corrupted...

On 248 pages, Guruli demonstrates with poetic linguistic power how the feeling of home and security can suddenly be corrupted by political, but also interpersonal coincidences."" Tagesspiegel. Elena, the first-person narrator, grows up sheltered in Tbilisi, dances in a folklore ensemble whose performances catapult her into the luxury hotels of Istanbul or Taiwan - until the massacre of peaceful demonstrators for Georgian independence by the Soviet army on April 9, 1989 tears her from her carefree existence. Elena decides to study in Germany, falls into a criminal environment and becomes stranded in Berlin. When, alone and desperate, she receives a letter from her childhood friend who disappeared years earlier, she sets off on a search, returns to Georgia and finds answers."

On finding refuge in a foreign language - a vital story about being an outsider, about courage, and the power...

On finding refuge in a foreign language - a vital story about being an outsider, about courage, and the power of language.During the 2009 protests in Iran, A., a student and artist, is forced to leave. He takes with him the memories of a youth full of violence. He becomes a refugee, openly despised and forced to endure not only isolation but also hunger and humiliation in camps and shelters. In Vienna, he meets Sarah, who falls head over heels in love with him. A., who finds it hard to open up, becomes both an object of study and a source of support for her – even though he himself needs help.

Our German Fairy Tale is Dinçer Güçyeters first novel: a candid and convincing family saga told in the voices of...

Our German Fairy Tale is Dinçer Güçyeters first novel: a candid and convincing family saga told in the voices of three generations from the early twentieth-century to the present, set in Turkey and Germany. Güçyeter allows the women of several generations and the son born in Almanya to speak. They all remember in poetic, often mythical, powerful images and in monologues, dialogues, dreams, prayers and choruses. They tell of the fate of the Turkish Greeks, of the archaic roots of Anatolian life, and of the challenge of starting a new life in Germany as guest workers and their descendants.With many photographs from the author's private archive.

When political narratives of fear gain influence, when visions of the future no longer include everyone and opinion-forming increasingly takes...

When political narratives of fear gain influence, when visions of the future no longer include everyone and opinion-forming increasingly takes place within bubbles, it is high time for new alliances!

This book turns its title into a program: In around thirty texts, politicians from the SPD, the Greens and the Left Party as well as representatives from journalism, science, culture, trade unions, associations and social movements join forces to make a new start: For a progressive politics that does not primarily advocate a capitalist system, but rather diversity, ecology, participation and a strong democracy. So that justice and solidarity do not remain utopias.

"Open seven days", reads the blackboard at the entrance. Ilija’s parents run a restaurant in Bavaria. As a child, he...

"Open seven days", reads the blackboard at the entrance. Ilija’s parents run a restaurant in Bavaria. As a child, he helps out in the kitchen, growing up on French fries and deep-fried food. His father encourages him to take tennis lessons. Ilija makes new friends at the club and wants to go to a prep school just like them. But there is one thing that accompanies him everywhere he goes: »I can smell fries, Ilija's coming!« This sentence uttered by a classmate, becomes the point of departure for a self-exploration: Does the way we smell reveal our social background?In his literary debut, Ilija Matusko combines personal memories with sociological observations. In ten essayistic chapters, he tells the story of climbing the social ladder through education – with a keen eye for subtle differences, and with a good dose of wit and literary prowess.

How does it feel to be ostracised because of your appearance? How can a family settle in Germany if they...

How does it feel to be ostracised because of your appearance? How can a family settle in Germany if they have to live out of packed suitcases due to fear of being deported? How can a child simply be a child if their first memories are marked by worry, shame and sadness? If they didn't go to nursery or have their own bed?

In this personal book, Hami Nguyen addresses issues of racism and class through the lens of her own life story. It is especially vital reading given how anti-Asian racism is often left out of the debate, as Asian-read people are considered assimilated or invisible.

Journalist Elisabeth Wellershaus has known what it feels like to be an outsider ever since her earliest childhood, thanks to...

Journalist Elisabeth Wellershaus has known what it feels like to be an outsider ever since her earliest childhood, thanks to the attitudes she experienced from other people. She grew up in the middle-class district of Volksdorf in Hamburg with her white grandparents and white mother. Her Black father lived on a cocoa plantation in Equatorial Guinea as a child and moved to the Costa del Sol in the 1960s. As a Black German living between Hamburg, Malaga and the worlds of her parents, she experienced otherness as a complex construct. In her book, she paints a portrait of this complex, omnipresent and enriching phenomenon - and shows how it connects us.

In Struggle and longing in the heart of society, theologian and author Stephan Anpalagan writes about homeland. Our homeland. It's...

In Struggle and longing in the heart of society, theologian and author Stephan Anpalagan writes about homeland. Our homeland. It's a book about people who say "I love this country so much. But this country doesn't love me back." It's a story about the heartache felt by people who have lived in our country for years, decades and generations and still can't find a home. It's a book about the "we" in "We are the people" and the "you" in "You are Germany". It's a book about Germany. A book about Germany. A story about the Italian guest workers, German football, German dominant culture and the German railway. It shows how racism in our country is increasing the lack of skilled workers and what we can do to prevent it. But most importantly, how we can make this country a better home. For all of us.