The mother tongue determines how the brain ticks
By Oula Mahfouz and Michael Seifert Brain researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, have used a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner to compare…
Tübingen replaces Theodor in the spelling tablet
By Oula Mahfouz and Ute Kaiser Munich, Aachen, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Offenbach, Unna, Zwickau: This is how I have to spell my last name on the phone so that people can spell it…
Mohammad and the receipt
Mohammad works in retail. When he is cashing up, he always asks, “Do you want the receipt?” The other day he called out to a man who had bought food, fruit, napkins…
16 hours without: What Ramadan and interval fasting have in common
By Reem Al Sagheer and Brigitte Gisel It’s not just Muslimas and Muslims who fast. Many people practice a lifestyle of intermittent abstinence from food, even without a religious background. During Ramadan…
Colorful Easter eggs
Why are Easter eggs colorful? Children would be told: so that they can more easily find the eggs that the Easter Bunny hides for them in the green grass. But that’s just…
Halal and Haram: What’s behind these terms?
By Oula Mahfouz The term “Halal” is often used when referring to food, but what exactly does it mean in the Islamic religion? The word “Halal” means “permitted” and refers to things…
Packaging tax in Tübingen remains
The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has ruled: Tübingen’s packaging tax is legal in most respects. This is reported by the court and the city of Tübingen in press releases respectively. With…
Simply join in: sports activities
What to do after the German course, work or as a remedy for boredom? This is a question many immigrants ask themselves after moving to a new city. TünewsINTERNATIONAL has put together…
Culture: entertainment for all
What to do after the German course, work or as a remedy for boredom? This is a question many immigrants ask themselves after moving to a new city. TünewsINTERNATIONAL has put together…
“Gross” is not the same as “net”: What is deducted from the salary
The “gross” salary stated in the employment contract is not the money the employee finds in his or her account. Gross means the total before taxes and social security contributions are deducted….
Wide range of services: Tübingen public library
What to do after the German course, work or as a remedy for boredom? This is a question many immigrants ask themselves after moving to a new city. TünewsINTERNATIONAL has put together…
No bus service: warning strike on 25 and 26 May
In Reutlingen on Thursday, May 25, and in Tübingen on May 25 and 26, there will be no buses in the city traffic all day. This is announced by the Tübingen public utility…
Batool Hadous: a second home found
By Oula Mahfouz “I have great respect for you, looking at your resume so far”: that’s what Tübingen’s District Administrator Joachim Walter said to Batool Hadous. The district administrator recently presented the…
The feminist revolt in Iran
By Ute Kaiser The Iranian regime fights oppositionists with all its might and with all its means. They are threatened with persecution, torture and executions. But the regime also promotes sexualized violence…
German language is a passport for medical students
By Oula Mahfouz Recently, many young people have enrolled at the German language institutes in the Syrian capital of Damascus—especially medical and nursing students. They hope to get a job abroad so…
Kamila Alali: the bridge builder
By Ute Kaiser “Thank you for helping other people to find their way in Mössingen.” That’s what Mössingen’s mayor (OB) Michael Bulander said to Kamila Alali. The city awarded the 38-year-old Mössingen…
Memory of a sunken city
By Jonas Brachmann Today we will present a coin from ancient Samosata, a city in Roman Syria. Samosata was located near the modern city of Samsat in eastern Turkey, in the area…
How can families with children become Germans
By Qoutayba Abboud Many refugees who came to Germany since 2015 can and want to apply for German citizenship now. In order to obtain German citizenship, certain requirements must be met, such…
