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Between around 1540 and 1590, several thousand people fleeing religious persecution in what is today the Netherlands arrived in England. Political philosopher Hannah Arendt argued in her 1951 book, The Origins of Totalitarianism, that such migrants were the “happier predecessors” of modern refugees, who are faced with the “severest restrictions”.

I’m married to a German, bringing up my family in the Netherlands and speak five languages – yet I still don’t ‘belong’, says writer and journalist Olga Mecking

“And there stands Sifan proudly receiving her gold medal while wearing her hijab.” The post Hijabis’ Choice To Accept Olympic Gold Medal Is “Slap In Face Of Xenophobic France,” Fans Claim first appeared on Bored Panda.

The third edition of the Tour de France Femmes starts this Monday from Rotterdam with a 123 km race to the Hague in the first stage. A pile-up upset the peloton a third of the way into the race, but all riders managed to get back up in the saddle.