Satellite dishes define migrant neighbourhoods in Berlin such as Kreuzberg and Neukölln. They mostly receive broadcasts in Turkish and Kurdish. We have heard some people – including German Turks –…
It had already been a good afternoon. The camera had afforded me a wonderful experience with a pair of ..
I am fascinated by the style of hijab worn in Berlin by some women. In Malaysia, the Muslim headdress, called tudung in Malay, tends to be worn flat against the…
Ordinary Berliners of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were wittily depicted by beloved illustrator Heinrich Zille (1858–1929). His thrust was satirical and affectionate social criticism, particularly in the…
When I visited my first 'real' forest in Berlin, I could not help feeling how sparse it was compared to Malaysia's rainforests. I had long heard tell of Grunewald, Berlin's…
It started with a reaction to Romy saying she wanted to spend time in the UK to learn to speak Oxford English. Romy was not alone in holding up Oxford…
Malaysia doesn't make it to the news very often in Berlin, especially the news digests that flash on the little U-Bahn (the underground) video screens. (Well, the annual Formula 1…
Trust Berlin to have an airport-sized park in the middle of the city that was actually once an airport.
