Born in Aleppo, Syria in 1945, Photographer Mohamad Al Roumi creates work that offers an increasingly rare glimpse into this country before it became ravaged by war. … Read more. Photo credit: Abu Daama 1998 | © Mohamad Al Roumi
By what means would you be willing to travel? Would the answer change if you were traveling for something you believe in? In the case of those behind Civil March for Aleppo, walking many thousands of kilometers for a cause is well worth it, and peace activists have already embarked on a journey of solidarity, going by foot from Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport to war-ravaged Aleppo in Syria…. Read more. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Civil March for Aleppo
No doubt, just about everyone around the globe has heard about the senseless attack that occurred at a Christmas Market in Berlin on December 19th, a place that Germans regard with a level of nostalgic sanctity…. Read more. Photo Credit: © EuroBill/WikiCommons
Anyone who has even the vaguest historical knowledge of Europe can probably tell you that Germany has had a detrimentally problematic relationship with ethnic cleansing and racial superiority in its not-so-distant past…. Read more. Photo Credit: © Joshua Veitch-Michaelis/WikiCommons
Due to the fact that the GDR largely arose out of a vision to resist the destructive materialism ushered in by modern capitalism following World War II, those living in East Germany did not have access to many popular commercial products…. Read more. Photo Credit: © Post of the Soviet Union, designer A. Kalashnikov / Почта СССР, художник А. Калашников/WikiCommons
The Wall that once divided a city has since become one of its most intriguing attractions, drawing millions of tourists from around the world each year…. Read more. Photo Credit: © Daniel Antal/Flickr
Due to various elements of its recent history, Berlin truly is a city like no other. Largely because of its post-war destruction, and both the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, it has long been a breeding ground for countercultural movements of many kinds…. Read more. Photo Credit: © Paul David Doherty (User:PDD)/WikiCommons
Feminism means a lot of different things, depending on whom you ask…Read more. Photo Credit: © Montikamoss/WikiCommons
The German language has the strength of precision because it enables a speaker to use combinations of multiple words to form a single term, which gives the speaker the advantage of infinite possibility for linguistic expression…. Read more. Photo: © Robert Jordan Neil Sanchez/PEXELS
In an interview with Berlin based fashion designer, Vladimir Karaleev, we discover the thoughts and inspirations behind fashion design and what makes Berlin’s newly burgeoning fashion industry special, from widespread international influence to unique and independent brands and start ups…. Read more. Photo: Vladimir Karaleev| © Dirk Merten