MOHAMMAD SARHANGI

»From the balcony I looked at a playground where children my age were running around and having fun. After hesitating for a moment, I asked her if I could play along. The answer was: 'No, we don't play with foreign children.' I don't remember what I felt back then. In retrospect it was clear: in the future I would look in the mirror and recognize a foreigner.

It is events like these that produce feelings of exclusion: fear, shame, anger, despair, but also longing and hope. The historian Mohammad Sarhangi analyzes the extent to which the diverse experiences of migration shape and shape the feelings of migrants - even across generations. He impressively weaves his own experiences with oral history interviews and autobiographical and literary publications to create an insightful and touching book.

Moderation: Verena Lueken

(Program in German)