This paper offers the perspectives of ethnic Turks living in Berlin through six thirty-minute interviews. The interviewees discuss their religious affiliations, their opinions on their personal integration into German society, and their perspectives about discrimination. The paper blossomed when I wondered "what is it like to be a Turkish Muslim in Berlin," and concludes with an assessment of the similarities and differences between the respondents.

This article is a case study of a small Lusophone self-help community group at the Mater Dolorosa Church in Berlin, Germany. Through interviews, this article assess how the migrants and immigrants in Berlin use the self-help group to strengthen social network and integrate into the city life.

This paper details the successes of the Quartiersmanagement urban integration program in Neukölln, Berlin through an illustrative comparative context. Through the lens a football game and barbeque, I discuss how cultural activities such as sports programs and media efforts, educational initiatives and spacial and demographic transformations are bridging a gap between the integrated, employed ethnic Germans and lower income immigrants who have lower quality of life and educational level. I finally discuss how the program may achieve sustainability through further integration of local minorities groups in the Quartiersmanagement programming leadership.