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Sednaya: The Syrian hell
By Oula Mahfouz and Youssef Kanjou Trigger warning: This text contains descriptions of physical and psychological violence. “If there had…
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A Syrian find is the oldest alphabet in the world to date
By Youssef Kanjou Four incised clay tablets, each about four centimetres in size, could be the oldest alphabetic writing in…
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Gravestones: a global tradition that originated in the Middle East
By Youssef Kanjou It is not known exactly when and why people first began to make what is now known…
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Living national history – spectacular Ukrainian finds
David Firschau and Yana Rudenko The Great State Exhibition in Stuttgart “The Hidden Land“provides a fascinating insight into the history…
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About the oldest Christian churches in Syria
By Youssef Kanjou Today, Syria is a country with a Muslim majority; in pre-Islamic times, most of the region’s inhabitants…
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Assisted dying: Strictly forbidden in Islam
By Oula Mahfouz Active assisted dying is prohibited in Germany. No one is allowed to administer a lethal drug to…
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Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad—an extraordinary biography
By Oula Mahfouz and Abdul Baset Kannawi Non-Muslims hardly know anything about Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (born around 556; died around…
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Time travel through the oldest music: from the world’s first instruments in southern Germany to the oldest song in Syria
By Michael Seifert and Youssef Kanjou We know nothing about the beginning of music. In the traditional myths of the…
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Integration and ancient coins
In 2021, Tübingen-based coin researcher Stefan Krmnicek began publishing texts on ancient coins in tuenews INTERNATIONAL. Since then, nine articles…
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Mesopotamia: the sources of the first advanced civilizations threaten to dry up
By Sameer Ibrahim and Michael Seifert The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are among the largest rivers in the world and…
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About homesickness and a second home
By Ute Kaiser Lobna Alhindi has recurring nightmares. In them, the Syrian woman sits in a rubber dinghy with her…
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About the millennia-old musical tradition of the Arabic oud
By Sameer Ibrahim The oud is a short-necked lute that is considered one of the most important musical instruments in…
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Particularly vulnerable: queer refugees in the district of Tübingen
By Ute Kaiser The very first time they meet, they make a statement: The rainbow flag is stuck to the…
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Unique ancestral image of the Maori: from New Zealand to Tübingen
By Michael Seifert A globally unique wooden stele from the Maori culture in New Zealand is currently on display to…
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Migration brought light skin to Europe
By Michael Seifert Have people in Europe always had light skin? A young scientific discipline, paleogenetics, can provide an answer…
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An ancient coin as a source for the history of Gaza City
By Stefan Krmnicek In our series on ancient coins, an ancient coinage from Gaza City in the coin collection of…
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Natural disasters sometimes lead to archaeological discoveries
By Youssef Kanjou Archaeological monuments are threatened by natural disasters, floods, fires, earthquakes – often as a result of climate…
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November 9, 1938: Pogroms in Germany
By Wolfgang Sannwald On the evening of November 9, many parliaments, cities, communities and people in Germany commemorate the night…
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The Khans: meeting places of East and West
By Youssef Kanjou Communication between the East and the West began a very long time ago for various reasons, mainly…
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Development Aid for Europe—800 Years of Muslim Culture in Andalusia
By Oula Mahfouz and Michael Seifert Tourists who visit Andalusia in southern Spain to see the architectural and artistic remains…
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The Syrian city of Dura Europos, “Pompeii of the desert“ and multicultural centre
By Youssef Kanjou There are many archaeological sites in Syria that are well-known among archaeologists and in tourism. This is…
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Archaeologist Anna collects ancient and Islamic coins in new app game
From July 21, 2023, you can download the free mobile app game “Craveler”, which provides knowledge about ancient and Islamic…
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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…
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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…
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Culture from Syrian Cities: German museums show historical rooms
By Abdul Baset Kannawi and Youssef Kanjou The two members of the editorial team and Syrian archaeologists report here on…
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What Elif and Omar Ali experienced in temporary work
By Brigitte Gisel Opportunities and risks of temporary work. What rules apply and where to get information. Elif (name changed)…
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Languages in Syria—a complicated history
By Youssef and Majd Kanjou and Michael Seifert Everyone knows that the official language in Syria is Arabic. Historians, however,…
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An ancient tourist destination as a coin image
By Mona Hähnle There are cases where coins combine very well with literary sources and complement them visually. This is…
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The world’s first schools were in Iraq
By Michael Seifert “A house that someone covered with a sheet like a treasure chest. … One entered closed-eyed, one…
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Turkish lawyers criticise deportation to Afghanistan
By Ute Kaiser Elias (name changed) is not an isolated case. Time and again, Turkey deports refugees from Afghanistan to…
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“Iraq has three suns”—50 degree heat
By Sameer Ibrahim and Michael Seifert Hot days in Germany? Not for Sameer Ibrahim, who came to Germany from Iraq…
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Changing jobs–this is how to do it without hassle
By Brigitte Gisel Workers are in demand in many sectors. So, the chances of finding a new job that pays…
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Refugees do not enter Germany illegally
By Michael Seifert In statements to the media in recent weeks, interior ministers of various federal states and also the…
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Forgotten cities are a haven for Syrians fleeing from the war
By Youssef Kanjou Archaeological sites in Syria usually appear in the form of hill-like elevations called “Talls”. They came about…
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“You can give us hope by welcoming us” – pictures from Moria
There are hardly any pictures of Moria and the other refugee camps on the Greek island of Lesbos because media…
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Between the cultures: a Greek coin from the Hindu Kush
By Stefan Krmnicek In our series about antique coins, today we would like to present in more detail an antique…
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“The Taliban are unpredictable”
By Ute Kaiser Afghans who have lived in Germany for years are very worried. Also, in the District of Tübingen.…
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If the settlement permit fails due to a housing requirement …
By Qoutayba Abboud and Michael Seifert Refugees who came to Germany in 2015 or 2016 can now obtain a settlement…
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The pandemic sets refugees back in integration
By Lobna Alhindi and Michael Seifert You can hear it everywhere: Refugees complain that their German language skills are not…
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Visit visas are often refused: “Like a punch in the stomach”
By Oula Mahfouz and Ute Kaiser The Syrian grandparents in Turkey had one fervent wish: to see their children and…
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What the new government plans for refugees and migrants
By Michael Seifert The new federal government, formed by the so-called “traffic light coalition” of the parties SPD, “Bündnis 90/Die…
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The Syrian Julia Maesa was grandmother of two Roman emperors
By Stefan Krmnicek This is a Roman silver coin of the Syrian Julia Maesa from the coin collection of the…
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An Illyrian King in the museum in Tübingen
By Stefan Krmnicek In the Tübingen collection there is a coin that sheds light on the turbulent history of the…
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An ancient coin as a source for the history of Gaza City
By Stefan Krmnicek In our series on ancient coins, an ancient coinage from Gaza City in the coin collection of…
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6000 years ago, the first warfare took place on Syrian land
By Youssef Kanjou It is very difficult to determine when humans invented war and how they came to organize fighting…
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Automatically learning a foreign language through television
By Michael Seifert Germans do not speak English well. This is the result of a comparative European study: According to…
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The separation and reunification of Germany
By Hanna Sannwald Every year on October 3rd, Germany celebrates the “German Unity Day”. This is a national holiday.…
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Despite training or studies: hurdles in the recognition of foreign qualifications
By Ute Kaiser Lobna Alhindi has a goal. The 36-year-old Syrian wants to work in a qualified profession. And: “I…