Editorial: The war in Ukraine and us

By Wolfgang Sannwald There has been war in Ukraine since 2014. At the end of February 2022, Russia escalated this war by a large-scale attack. Several hundred thousand people are fleeing from there, mainly towards the European Union (EU). The editorial team of tünews INTERNATIONAL includes many colleagues who have fled to Germany themselves since 2015, including from Syria and Afghanistan. Information about the war in Ukraine affect them in a special way. And this information is pouring in on them not only via television programs, but around the clock via social media. Above all, images and sounds awaken memories… Read More

Much interest in the vaccination news of tünews INTERNATIONAL

Since May 6th tünews INTERNATIONAL reports on specific questions about vaccinations against the Corona virus. Within one month the published online reports were accessed 123,709 times. People from the Arabic-speaking world as well as Afghanistan and Iran in particular made use of the 16 contributions. Editors of tünews INTERNATIONAL had collected reservations and rumours about vaccination among refugees. A vaccinator from Iraq and a vaccinator from Syria provided information on these questions in interviews. Ezdehar Zen Aldeen is a paediatrician, Saif Afat is a radiologist, both work at Tübingen University Hospital. They are currently working at the vaccination centre of… Read More

A bridge for refugee women

Zainab Al-Mousawi* was proud. The employee of tünews INTERNATIONAL had dared to interview the head of the Tübingen education department, and he had answered all her questions. It was unusual for the Iraqi woman that the head of the agency did not at all look down on her. She had had different experiences from her country of origin. This experience also inspired Al-Mousawi. The mother of three children did not want to remain unemployed for the rest of her life. Consequently, she decided to improve her German to increase her chances of finding an apprenticeship. It worked. She got a… Read More

About: tünews INTERNATIONAL

by Wolfgang Sannwald tünews INTERNATIONAL has the character of a company in the social labor market, with around 20 volunteers, mini-jobbers and Bufdis who are constantly at work. Since 2015 they have been working on publications in German, Arabic, Persian/Dari and English. Tünews INTERNATIONAL is supported by the non-profit organization KulturGUT, and the district of Tübingen which makes integrative media work possible. The first edition of tünews INTERNATIONAL took place after a two-month build up on December 1st, 2015 in printed paper as a wall newspaper. Members of KulturGUT e.V. and employees of the Tübingen district office developed, implemented and… Read More

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