12 June 2026
Naturalised and Muted
Not long ago, I was chatting with my German-born friends about belonging, identity, and citizenship. I had recently become a German citizen, but wondered whether that truly makes me an equal one. A lively debate immediately flared up, and my friends charmingly convinced me that there is no such thing as “Bio-German”– that this is only a ghost from the past. But then the case of Abdallah A. decided by the Berlin Administrative Court forced me to revisit that conversation. Continue reading >>
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