By Dana Wilms Being illegal Nowhere to stay, nowhere to go No future perspective No place to call home You fled your country Living in fear Nightmares still haunt you Waking up in tears No family left Feeling alone Your knee crushed Days without pain have flown Day in day out A life so insecure Now you’re selling newspapers Tomorrow a prisoner … Continue reading Being illegal
By Melanie Hazenberg, Rick Lugtenberg, Jenny Rosenthal, Serena Dania Take a look a number of different diets that are flooding the Internet, and constantly becoming trends in peoples lives. Here we will take a closer look at the benefits of each diet, and take the best of each diet to create one new lifestyle. That creates a balance between them all. Vegetarian Diet The vegetarian diet … Continue reading Diets
By Pia Miller-Aichholz Vincent de Rooij is assistant-professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the University of Amsterdam. He is also a member of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) and has done research about the sense of belonging, especially focusing on how language influences our identity. “We have a real problem of translating belonging to Dutch – what … Continue reading Sense of Belonging
By Dorri Mang. Anouk Slot, Emma Cottenie, Noëlle Batelaan A Cat’s Eye My name is Cashmere, and I live at the Poezenboot in Amsterdam. It’s the high class cat shelter and house in Amsterdam. I like it because I live the ultimate posh-cat life. I get to run around a boat with other cats, some of whom I absolutely detest, but I’ll get to that … Continue reading Urbanism Progress
By Angelica Linde Continue reading When the World is Your Home
By Caroline Johansson Continue reading Third Culture Kid
By Melanie Hazenberg In magazine, Here, is a story about the 17- year old transgender boy Aidan. He has always felt different and two years ago he made the decision to change his body to the other sex. Now he feels more home in his body than he ever felt before. Aidan has told his story in the magazine, but transgender is a hard topic … Continue reading Transgender
By Rosalie Neuvel and Jantine Brandemann Hidden churches in Amsterdam: Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder De Papegaai ‘Hidden’ monuments in Amsterdam: Rembrandt monument Wibaut statue Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder – Attic Church In 1578, the Protestants got the power in Amsterdam, and public catholic celebrations became forbidden. The Roman-Catholics, about 20% of the population, had to come up with a second plan: hidden churches. … Continue reading Hidden places in Amsterdam
By Hanna Mathis, Sophie Weresch and Lukas Walter Continue reading How Love Affects your Body – a biochemical lovestory
By Caroline Ulvin Johansson, Marie Goossens, Anneroos van Eijk, Jerry Karg, Kristina Blockx Continue reading SQUARES
