passionate drama competition wyvil marketing numbers atmosphere fight at times intuition love money. fans primes 5 stamps and 5 old books on you tube. i mean also and witness to world events that's all. it was the hardest decision in my life because i didn't want to hold. on to germany it was like a trial. and half blind. date

for artists who have fled political persecution in their own countries. and settled in berlin. what drove them to leave. what challenges do they faced in their new home. what attracted them to the german capital. people in berlin are demonstrating for every bello reuss. theater director at smith so charge who is one of the cold organizers of the protest. he's glad that he can express his opinion freely in germany and that he can send a signal from abroad. when the berlin is not indifferent to what is happening in the restored to the. situation in our homeland and real

citizens are doing. simply saying. we're helping you are supporting it was one thing in their. mass protests have been taking place in belo ruth for months with the demonstrators calling for an end to the country's authoritarian regime police have clamped down on them heavily. even if they are no longer their child go in other brother rusian is in berlin feel part of the wider protest. before. we don't want that we just knew things aren't right in my. chart cool left dello russo over 10 years ago. he had always opposed to the regime and had organized protests and hunger strikes. as a result he was arrested locked up for days at

a time without charge. i always say that if i'd stayed i would become a professional revolutionary. i was allowed to study i would never have got a good job or education i would probably have landed in jail because i too. because of my years. so i had to make up my mind and leave i wanted to do what i love art but. thanks to a grant he was able to go to poland where he acted and directed plays both in the all theater scene and in state theaters. including a production of the idiot. though he still works in poland he prefers to live in berlin. he says he loves the alternative district of course back because people here are free to think and do as they please . they discovered a new kind of protest in crowds back there

a constant process encroaching on the play it was important for me to see the different forms and how they were organized. transferring this knowledge to the russian places. to protest. he's currently working on an exhibition about civil society and bella roofs. he says that he was politicized as a young man by an encounter with some german punks who were visiting bella ruse. and listen to the sex pistols were basically y.-o. . and they talked about freedom and civil rights and that was actually new for us. we were. kids in the city and all of a sudden we discovered another culture. and shewed me that there was another world out there. totally different from the 100 new

york. there was a kind of break stopping society from developing what you were constantly told what to do and what not to do. and we had to follow. her apparatus. the relationship between. state the individual today is something he often examines in his work. to. the peace projection paranoia shrine integrates texts written by the r.a.f. terrorists to recombine hoff who explored how far political resistance could go. to hopes that his work will resonate in bella ruse to see myself as a bridge between her living minsk something happens there a bridge between berlin the. but then i'd like to find

a nice between institutional state and the underground. and there. right now berlin has more such. so for the time being. we'll be staying put. now to. meet the vice president of penn center germany it's one of some 150 said centers supported by writers association pending international. attention to authors who have been persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression it's german center helps them in germany worldwide many writers dangerously their countries which are always at the bottom of the list. in

terms of freedom of expression and every tree is not fair ahead. for 10 years in the last 3 or 4 years turkey's gotten much worse and remains level. each year and international. documents writers have been imprisoned or subjected to other restrictions you know. but there are also many cases we know nothing about. for example in china. it's like a black hole. even amnesty international how many death sentences are executed there. are only very rarely does work. sometimes when joe ching feels lonely he goes for a stroll being out nature calms him helps him clear his mind in focus. he's lived in berlin for the past. like nature. but i don't feel at home in one

particular place. i have no special connection to a certain place on earth i've lived in mostly in the us was up and in beaching. here in germany i live here and there i think that stems from my time in jail since then i had a sense of restlessness. under. truth out of the ground in 1989 protests erupted at beijing's tiananmen square and elsewhere in china tens of thousands of young chinese demanded greater freedom. but the pro-democracy movement was brutally suppressed. dzogchen helped organize demonstrations in his home town she on for days he was sentenced to 2 and a half years behind bars and forced to spend the 1st 2 months in solitary confinement locked up in a dark underground cell. the only freedom year after $51.00

days. they had to carry me out it will. be covered my eyes will point. at 1st i didn't know why. but i spent all this time in total darkness. i would have probably gone blind in. a harrowing experience but judging has remained undeterred once a widely respected nonfiction author and publisher in china he's kept writing books in exile he's a very gracious reader to. his an enthusiastic cook the passion he discovered as a single parent for him eating is about companionship and looking after one's health but cooking also brings that grim memories from time behind bars to war jail and looked after more than 30 people on death row who don't leave a few days or weeks left to live. they were strapped to their beds

arms and legs spread to their sides. for the crucifixion younger so good a good song called with you there was a hole in their bed to defra kate for after relieving themselves are switched off to go out white and clean if you will home i also fed them. in their final moments . it was all that mattered. judging process to the experience in a book it tells the story of 15 different prisoners on death row and includes recipes for the last meal they ate before they were executed. a leading german literary magazine has published an excerpt of the book his translator and good friend susanna becker will translate the book into german joe ching regularly covers highly sensitive topics that few in china would dare discuss for research purposes he sometimes returns to his homeland though he's careful to stay off the radar as susanna becker describes it but unlike his artist friend i way way joe

ching resists the label dissident. i am an author and witness to world events that saw. a courageous one for sure joe ching carried out extensive research in china for his documentary film i don't quite recall which addresses a dark chapter of chinese history. culture revolution. the film revolves around the lynching of 2 teachers at the hands of their students it features interviews with people who may have witnessed the killings. and the action that she would take . to. them. her recent events in paris show how timely my documentary is as

a teacher was killer sparking global outreach. by film talks about how to train these teachers were beaten to death but to this day new responsible. talks about this event. put it on. 2000 for investigators. book about china's industry became an international bestseller. stops at nothing to maximize its profits including adding dangerous chemicals to blood products it was translated into several languages. 15 years ago i started telling people that chinese food is unsafe and chinese food production methods can cause an epidemic like sars. but nobody took this seriously . so i think european politicians and food manufacturers are harming themselves when they import chinese products.

currently working on new documentary films about china he's been barred from entering the country. but that won't deter him he's not easily intimidated. what's germany's role when it comes to offering protection to people threatened in persecuted and i think. germany please an important role. then germany's voice is very significant within the context of pen international for one. the other writers in exile program that was created by the minister of culture in 2001. debt of gratitude for writers who had to flee germany in 1933 refuge abroad or. now we can persecuted writers and from all over the world to the workings of. even in.

when the nazis came to power in 1933 our whole generation of writers was silenced their works were banned and burned their lives were threatened many fled others were killed today german cities such as where the nazis held their rallies taken exiles from all over. the service of course it's just a trick of the ocean. there are many more writers who need our help. that's why many make their own way if they can and their place of refuge is often berlin. it's a bit of home away from home for a syrian in exile at the pergamon museum in the historic center of berlin. first tours for refugees she explains the history of the exhibits and how they can transport people back in time. just. close your

eyes try to smell. and you will feel at home and there is always like a very nice traipse we go through closing her eyes and think about our memories our heritage many visitors return time and again. provide comfort and stability coming here also helps combat her homesickness after she was forced to flee syria 6 years ago. i used to it's my museum. and i am one of the very rare people who used to go to the museum almost. studied art in damascus and wrote for a children's magazine she's also a successful children's book author. she suffered under bashar al assad's regime until 2011 when the anti-government protests known as the arabs. again.

it's give me a hope. that time to change. this to where. we live with long time. joined in the demonstrations and fought for change but the protests were brutally suppressed. repeatedly arrested and eventually fled her homeland. the hardest. because. her hopes for a new syria dashed. to leave all her friends and fellow protesters behind. she hasn't heard a word from many of them since. they arrested or abducted. are they even still alive. her art works to picture this sense of

loss. but mostly. because. they are here. now she found her mission 2015 not long after her arrival germany took in almost a 1000000 refugees we can do this chancellor angela merkel famously said in encouragement. down to work. and find myself somewhere in-between. trying to bring them together she also writes for the platform handbook for germany which gets refugees practical info on how to adapt to life here but i also believe that hosting society should know more about newcomers about 3 fishies most of them have to integrate with. to help make that happen ali do you brights

a column for a german newspaper. she highlights cultural similarities and differences between hosts and newcomers. and tries to combat the prejudices she encounters in her daily life. from syria and he said oh my god are you are really feel she said years. unfortunately and this is but you don't look like. so for me this is very important things think to sync up about legs through types that meet the spirit. and and from my dove people there's still much to be done to dispel such stereotypes and to encourage interaction between cultures which actually aren't that different. says that her hometown damascus and berlin have

much in common. it's very similar from different perspectives because it's very. it's very open and accept everyone from everywhere. where are you from what you're doing how you will how you dress what kind of study you did you will find your space. has certainly found her space helping to bring together different people and cultures. have a hard time. from their culture and they usually have a difficult time communicating in the new language. this applies to exiles today and to those of former times like those who fled nazi germany in the 1930 s. now there are plans to build

a museum dedicated to these refugees where berlin's and halter railway station once stood. the exile museum berlin is set to open its doors in 2025 the modern building curve around the station's ruins. literature nobel prize winner. who fled from romania dictator nicol. to germany in 1907 is the museum's patron. berlin is coming to terms with its past but what about the more recent history and the fact that many people from all over the world are moving here. or to flee. from danger is that the journey is experience many different waves of immigration unfortunately there's new museum dedicated to this topic and that would be very interesting from a political perspective. a museum that tells the story of germany as the country of

immigrants because they are an integral part of its history. when sharbat in shaky came to germany 10 years ago he had to leave everything behind. in iran he was an acclaimed writer an intellectual who actively participated in social debate. being forced into exile him of his identity. i have most everything a person could want to have that stature was a journalist in the best newspaper and lectured at the best university. on the come to germany and i was like a child and that's dead and done and half blind. and shaky belongs to iran's kurdish minority he learned his mother tongue kurdish from

his father he describes it as the language of his soul and his innermost thoughts in his youth about in shaky frequented literary clubs and wrote lyrics poetry that was naturalistic and realistic. kurdish literature was for bisan it was illegal like drugs or something. so i think i was always self-confident. i just went in and read my poems and the folks there were surprised. the 1617 year old boy we did he learned to speak kurdish. shaky quickly made a name for himself as a modern poet who courted controversy his writing advocate. equality of the sexes and human rights and he was a vocal activist in 2900 took part in iran's green movement when people rose up against the regime that put his life in danger. spending 20 years in jail

i don't fear torture or even the death penalty. but i do fear the indeterminacy of clarity if you're arrested by the secret police or whoever and there's no guarantee you'll be released in 2 or 3 hours after 3 days or 7 days after 7 months or 7 years . managed to escape he never wanted to leave his country in the lurch was now forced to flee. from the german government. and a plane ticket to safety fears from that time still haunts him. have never rented an apartment that was above the 3rd floor because i always thought if they come for me i must flee no matter what happens to me. whenever i went to look at him i always checked at least. i still have it was happens

these are government hired. it took a long time before she could feel he was on firm ground again he broke with his past and embarked on a search for a new life and new identity and words is most important tools he wants to communicate but in what language. you know 70 percent of the people around me are germans or german speakers in the streets or my streets are these walls are my walls this cafe is my candy. you are naturalised here these are my neighbors weren't there germans or speak german makes it exciting but hard to write. but for now he's preoccupied with bringing some peace into his life having a secure job and residency status. he is employed as

a social education worker and a home for asylum seekers in his new home land. the start berlin is a city of my soul. berlin has a soul that's completely crazy and. berlin suits me because it's soul is like mine it's not the least of that's my feeling and berlin is nationality less nasser non rules nationality less is also how shabat in shaky feels it's impossible for him to return to iran he hasn't seen his homeland in a decade. so where does he belong now in berlin. pleasure that's occurred maybe i should see him kurdistan will forever be my homeland and it's darker but i was born there and i'm a kurd but that's the person i am now for him them and this here this is my home.

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