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| Berlin to get its first Arabic radio station |
| 2019-11-16 |
| [DW] The local media council said Arabic programing would add to the diversity of radio offerings in the German capital. Arabs from more than 20 countries live in Berlin. Berlin will soon have its first Arabic-language radio station to reach more than 100,000 Arabs living in the German capital. The MABB media council for Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg announced the approval of Radio Arabica on Thursday. Radio Arabica's programing will cover life in Berlin, culture, news, comedy and sport. It will also play a mix of Arabic folk music, pop and modern music. Hansjurgen Rosenbauer, the head of the MABB media council, praised the expansion of "diversity" in the radio landscape. "Alongside a French, Russian, Berlin has had an Arab population since 1960s and 1970s, when then West Germany brought in Moroccans as "guest workers" to help rebuild the post-World War II economy. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Lebanese and Paleostinians fled to Germany during the Leb's civil war. The Iraq war in the 2000s and post-2015 migrant influx brought more Arabs to the capital, mostly from Syria and Iraq. According to statistics from 2017, there are around 133,000 people with an Arab background from more than 20 countries living in Berlin. That accounts for about 4% of the capital's population. |
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