We don’t dare to meet, talk, and listen to “The Other.” We don’t share our stories with “The Other” and hence don’t discover “Us.” But, what’s easier than a click? In her talk Kübra shares her personal discovery of the power of stories in the digital age.

Kübra Gümüsay (@kuebra) is a freelance journalist for Taz, Die Zeit and Der Freitag, a blogger and the first hijabi columnist in Germany. She writes on migration, feminism, racism, and the Internet. In 2011, she was listed amongst the “Top 30 until 30” journalists by Medium Magazine and her blog “Ein Fremdwörterbuch” was nominated for the Grimme Online Award. She has contributed to the books “Skandal! Die Macht öffentlicher Empörung” and “Manifest der Vielen”. Gümüsay is also the co-founder of Zahnräder, a network for Muslim artists, academics, and social entrepreneurs in Germany.

This talk was part of the “Connecting Through Time” session at TEDxOxbridge “Timeless Ideas” in Oxford, England at the Said Business School on June 1, 2013.