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The content creator Tahsim Durgun tells in "Mama, please learn German" with humor and depth of a childhood between two worlds.
Sometimes a change of perspective is needed to understand the world a little better. This works particularly well with books, such as"Mom, please learn German" by Tahsim Durgun*. It is honest, humorous and deeply moving, and hits the heart.
Durgun's story - one that many people living in Germany with migration history probably know only too well - will open their eyes to everyone else. Because if you have already wondered how it feels to grow up in Germany and at the same time to act as an interpreter for your own parents as a child, you will find the answer here.
Tahsim Durgun is already out of manyTiktokandInstagramknown. With his sharp humor and profound social analyzes, he achieves hundreds of thousands of followers. In 2024, the Oldenburger was awarded the Grimme audience award, the Blue Panther and the Creator of the Year Award for its work. Now he follows his first book - and thus skims directly to 1st of the bestseller lists at Thalia and Amazon.
Tahsim grows up in a Kurdish-German family and takes responsibility early: he deciphered the letters of the authorities, accompanies his mother to visits to the doctor and reads Aldi advertisements at the kitchen table. He repeatedly comes across obstacles that do not exist for others-from school recommendations that, despite good grades, only lead to secondary school, right down to travel that are impossible for him due to the lack of documents.
With intelligence, wit and a large portion of empathy, he tells of his childhood, the challenges of a post -migrant society and his love for the woman who raised him. An absolute must-read and an appeal for more compassion and openness.
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