You Don't Look Like a German

You Don't Look Like a German

You Don't Look Like a German

$2.97

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You Don't Look Like a German—

$8.50

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The Story

A face. A sentence. A judgement.

"You don't look like a German."

Birgit Maria Kemphues turns expat life in the UAE into a rapid-fire comedy of wrong guesses, identity quizzes, and strangers who treat your face like public property. One day it's Arabic coffee in a majlis. Next day it's Germans aggressively sorting recycling into 17 bins while debating pretzel temperature. Airports? Full theatre: "Where are you REALLY from?" "Speak German." Maybe sing the anthem. (Most Germans can't.)

Press play. Let them guess.

Description

A face. A sentence. A judgement.

"You don't look like a German."

Birgit Maria Kemphues turns expat life in the UAE into a rapid-fire comedy of wrong guesses, identity quizzes, and strangers who treat your face like public property. One day it's Arabic coffee in a majlis. Next day it's Germans aggressively sorting recycling into 17 bins while debating pretzel temperature. Airports? Full theatre: "Where are you REALLY from?" "Speak German." Maybe sing the anthem. (Most Germans can't.)

Press play. Let them guess.