Change of direction: the many ways life can be lived

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A fashion designer leaves the exploitation business.

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Travel as way of life: when traveling nature finds its full expression

American culture
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Travel used to be a special occasion. Then I became an expat and a global business traveler — the full expression of my traveler nature?

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e+H offers: operating independently, improving your game

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Global citizens are by definition creative. Freedom, time and money are the three things a creative person needs to be happy, but we often only manage two.

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No 40 years of friendship: the mass market distorts traditional hospitality

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Tourists in Istanbul’s shopping Mecca have been so traumatized they can no longer distinguish an invitation from an inquisition.

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Get creative about your place in the world: how to operate on a micro-yet-global level with a Global Niche

ANASTASIA ASHMAN
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Suspended between multiple worlds — challenged in your pursuits and interests by culture, geography, language or time zone? Welcome to the Global Niche club, where our situation mismatch is our secret weapon.

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Finding timelessness: a multitasking queen hits the pause button

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A Californian’s perception of time changed when she changed cultures.

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Hybrid domesticities: an artist mixes the professional and the personal

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When an emerging American artist moves to Turkey and starts a family, she navigates new definitions of career and home life.

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expat+HAREM becomes an archive

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expat+HAREM is now an evergreen neoculture discussion archive. GlobalNiche.net is our new, hands-on life-work initiative to put into practice expat+HAREM theories. Join us there!

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Out of the box: the lure of the wider world

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For nineteen years Elizabeth Briel was locked in a metaphorical box — first by others, and later by herself – unable to see an alternative to what surrounded her.

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