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■"German Turks mine rich cultural seam of migrant life," by Bertrand Benoit, Financial Times, 24 February 2005, p. 3.
I like any signs that Muslims are finding either their political or artistic voices in Europe.
This article speaks to a number of rising film makers from the immigrant Muslim community who are learning to express themselves in the mass media.
And Germany better learn to get happy with this, because if Muslims canít express themselves out in the open, theyíll continue to ghettoize themselves in ìcultural cocoonsî that presage a ìparallel society.î Satellite TV works both ways in globalization: allowing the Gap to see what itís missing and for Gap migrants workers and immigrants living in the Core to zone out of their daily lives with narrow media connectivity back home. Ghettos form in response to the lack of personal connectivity for immigrants living in the Core, they donít prevent it per se (although they can certainly reinforce disconnectedness).
Media represents society. If you donít want parallel societies, donít let parallel media predominate. But also donít expect immigrants not to connect up somehow to something that features descriptions of life they can recognize and see themselves within.
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