Jessica Bateman
Features Writer and Foreign Correspondent at Freelance
Writing + making radio for BBC, Guardian, Wash Post, 1843, Wired, Foreign Policy, etc | Germany for @onlinehyphen | @IWMF @Boell_US fellow | She/ Her
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Jessica Bateman
Like many people, reaching the age of 40 inspired Matt to do some self-reflection. He had achieved many hallmarks of adulthood: a college degree, a career he enjoyed, and two beloved dogs. But he’d never had a relationship, or even a sexual partner. This weighed heavy on him; he craved the experience of a deep romantic connection and wondered how it might feel to be in love.
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2 weeks ago |
hyphenonline.com | Jessica Bateman
On Saturday 14 June, a flamboyant crowd of folk musicians in traditional Turkish outfits, belly dancing drag queens, hip hop artists and 1,500 fans will take over Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighbourhood, all headed to the Festsaal Kreuzberg for İç İçe — Germany’s only festival of contemporary Anatolian music.
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2 weeks ago |
hyphenonline.com | Jessica Bateman |Natalie Donback
In 2020, Sümbül Tarakçilar’s 40-year-old brother Ali died in Hamburg after a long battle with ill health. Most of his relatives have been buried in their native Turkey, but Ali — whose family preferred not to use his real name — was clear in the weeks before his death that he wanted to be laid to rest in Germany, the country he’d lived in most of his life, where his two young children might visit him regularly.
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1 month ago |
hyphenonline.com | Jessica Bateman
A growing number of lawyers and human rights experts across Europe are warning that Germany’s efforts to use legislation to silence pro-Palestine voices may be threatening fundamental rights and stretching the bounds of both German and EU law.
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1 month ago |
hyphenonline.com | Jessica Bateman
Even watching a performance by whirling dervishes can be a powerful experience: as dancers in billowing robes start to spin slowly, they gradually gain speed until they resemble a blur. For the performer, it is an act of transcendental devotion. A growing number of Muslims and non-Muslims across Europe are embracing the ritual. Dervishes are devotees of Sufism, a branch of Islam focused on a believer’s personal connection with God.
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RT @patcaldwell: Congrats @jessicabateman for getting shortlisted for a European Press Prize! https://t.co/AtMZMsXaZ5 Her story from last…
Last month, the Greek government finally agreed to restore all adoptees' citizenships – something the community had been demanding for years. It can't undo the wrongs of the past, but I'm happy to know my reporting has helped some adoptees feel they are on a path to justice ❤️
I spent the best part of last year working on this longread about the secret history of forced adoptions from Greece to the US - which were carried out in the name of fighting communism. Me for @POLITICOMag https://t.co/pLaraMjeG5
RT @sallyhayd: Things I have seen in the rubble of Israeli air strikes in Lebanon over the past week (a thread). 1/ https://t.co/3Jp5wrJuN6
