Hadija Haruna-Oelker

Hadija Haruna-Oelker is a political scientist, author, editor and moderator. She has worked, among other roles, for Hessischer Rundfunk and wrote a monthly column for the Frankfurter Rundschau. Her work has focused on youth and social issues, racism and diversity. In 2022, she published her first nonfiction book, “Die Schönheit der Differenz – Miteinander anders denken,” which was nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. Together with Kübra Gümüşay and Uda Strätling, she translated Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb.” Her journalism has received several awards, including the 2015 ARD Hörfunkpreis Kurt Magnus and the 2021 Medienspiegel Special Award for Transparent Journalism.