Fatma Aydemir & Mo Amjahid Conversations
What does it mean to live in a society, in which you, a young person, feel as if falling through the cracks? Left out, broken down, lonely? How do you handle experiences of everyday racism in a white-majority society, who do you turn to for inspiration and most importantly, how do you find your voice?
Award-winning German journalists and authors
Fatma Aydemir and
Mohamed Amjahid have long thought about these questions in their works of fiction and non-fiction. In
Ask me Anything, Sofia Sepulveda Pizarro (East Brunswick High School, NJ),
Kavya Kadabageri (East Brunswick High School, NJ) and
Jose Fernandez (Union Square Academy of Health and Sciences, NYC) discussed with the authors issues around identity, belonging and what it means to come of age in Germany and the US.