Bellydance for tolerance

The people of Cologne have a nice sense of humor. They’ll even turn political protest against Neo-Nazis into a carnival.
Liberal groups in Cologne are calling on the people of the city to stage a mass bellydance on September 20th. They’re hoping that 11 000 dancers will swing their hips to oriental music in protest against [...]

A Different Germany

I was in Leipzig over the weekend, which used to be part of communist East Germany. We were sitting in a cafe on Saturday and a young black man walked in. It suddenly occurred to me that he was the first colored person I’d seen all day.
From that moment on, I kept my eyes open, [...]