Gallipolli on the Dardanelles Strait by CWYigit

An Irishwoman weighs the dream of life versus the reality, versus the dream of making it happen nonetheless.

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Post image for Debating what-not-to-do in Istanbul

After seven years in this heavily visited megalopolis, I even the score on what not to do in Istanbul. Among the surprises: don’t drink the tea.

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black cat by A.Ashman

When we invest in relationships and work in tandem with others our results can seem like magic. Sometimes even black magic.

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Frau Chantal by Brian Opyd

I moved to Switzerland so my husband could advance his career. Overnight, I went from a 28-year-old American career woman to a Swiss Hausfrau.

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Post image for About this site: making the psychic limbo of global citizens a productive state

Why do you need our help? Because liminal life is a bittersweet limbo — coming, going, never quite arriving. expat+HAREM embraces the unmoored and central reality of our globetrotting, multicultural, hybrid times.

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Post image for Your tribe is the new segregation: integration may not be an improvement

As we seek our global niche, we’re integrating across all sorts of out-moded boundaries. You could also say we’re segregating along the lines of our true selves.

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St. Brendan the Navigator jigsaw by Rachel Arbuckle

By adhering to her own cultural norm, an Irishwoman sets into motion an endless cycle of regifting a dessert dish.

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Self-image by COsborne

Being a foreigner in Mexico and Turkey I had a heightened sense that was a participant in my own life. That didn’t change when I returned to the US.

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laughter by S.Melamed

An American integrates into all facets of Israeli life. Except for one thing — the humor. Funny is cultural.

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Post image for Expat Harem, the book: foreign women in modern Turkey

This popularly- and critically-acclaimed collection invites you into the Turkey that thirty-two women from seven nations know.

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