The website arabalmanya.com—which translates to « Arabs in Germany »—was founded a year ago by Syrian IT expert Talal Mando. The site contains a range of information, including news about Germany, feature stories explaining German culture and crucial job offers for newcomers.
« No one came to Germany to sit around, » Mando, who was part of the flood of 890,000 migrants who came to Germany in 2015, said of the site’s success. « The people want to work and learn new things. »
The idea for the site came to Mando shortly after the soft-spoken 28-year-old arrived in Germany and started looking for guidance about how to apply for asylum, learn German, and find work.
He quickly realized that most written information was available only in German or English—not a problem for him as a fluent English speaker, but a major barrier for many fellow Syrians and other migrants who spoke only Arabic.
