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Michel Abdollahi is a journalist, presenter, author, and painter. He was born in Tehran and grew up in Hamburg. He became widely known through the NDR programme \u00abDer deutsche Michel\u00bb. For the documentary \u00abIm Nazidorf\u00bb he received the 2016 Deutscher Fernsehpreis. During Ole von Beust’s term as mayor, he worked in the Hamburg Senate Chancellery and was a member of the CDU’s committee on integration. In 2005 he founded the event series \u00abKampf der K\u00fcnste\u00bb. His most recent book is \u00abEs ist unser Land \u2013 Wir d\u00fcrfen Deutschland nicht den Rechten \u00fcberlassen\u00bb (2025). He lives in Hamburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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