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Becoming truly civilized

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July 2, 2020 8:59 pm |

Let’s take the next step and express our human kindness I used to have discussions with my father about whether humankind is or isn’t actually evolving and spiralling up to a better and better place. My father is pessimistic: he thinks history repeats itself. I have faith – I see progress. I believe that we...

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Scrolling Down

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June 4, 2020 11:08 pm |

Why do I pick the refugee crisis to worry about? I must admit: I would rather not care about the fate of refugees.  Preferably, I would scroll down my news feed until stumbling upon something positive. Somehow I manage to reduce my corona-related news intake to an absolute minimum of the necessary info. In fact,...

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On Giving

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May 23, 2020 3:42 pm |

Is Moria camp a living hell, or could it grow into a little paradise? Tawab and many others are working hard to make of it a slightly better place. ‘Refugees are not here to steal your cookies’, he says. ‘They are here to give’. Tawab (19) is originally from Afghanistan. He moved to Iran with his family...

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The Game

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May 8, 2020 6:36 pm |

‘The Game’, they call it. Sounds nice, right? Well, it’s not. I’ve just found out what it actually is. As it turns out, ‘The Game’ has a gruesome resemblance to ‘The Hunger Games’ – yet, it happens right here, in front of us, in Europe. K.*, 17, played the Game four times already, and will...

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