Reflections

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Haus der Berliner Festspiele | Foyer

Stadtwelt_Weltstadt: Lagos. Omar Akbar (Germany), Helon Habila (Nigeria/USA)
Presented by: Marie Neumüllers
“People see Lagos as a dangerous place. Almost as if it were a living thing, a beast that devours you.” This is how Nigerian author Helon Habila describes the way that the biggest city in his country – and one of the biggest on the continent – is perceived by most people. Is Lagos typical for urban development in the 21st century? Are these examples of urban agglomeration still liveable cities? The author will hold a discussion with the director of Bauhaus, researcher and urbanist, Omar Akbar.
In cooperation with the Bauhaus Foundation, Dessau

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Haus der Berliner Festspiele | Seitenbühne

Güner Yasemin Balci (Germany)
Presented by: Arno Widmann
Rashid, the son of a Lebanese-Palestinian family, is “Arabboy”, as he calls himself in the chat rooms where he and his friends post violent homemade video clips. Rashid continues his criminal career until he loses control of his life through drug addiction. But then his imprisonment saves him. In jail he awaits his deportation – and Germany, that accursed country, becomes the epitome of all longing for him. Balci knows what she’s writing about. The current editor of the ZDF magazine Frontal 21, she works with children from Turkish and Arabic families in the Rollberg district of Neukölln.