“Iranian by birth, French by citizenship and American by residence” is how my grandfather encapsulated 10-year old me. What does that make my [...]
A Brit in the Netherlands finds a foreign language is a hurdle to being true to herself in her relationships with locals, family and [...]
When a Turk raised in a conservative Brooklyn emigrant community studies in Istanbul she realizes progress comes from a community, not a [...]
A British-born woman of mixed ethnicity is torn between loyalties to her country of birth and others her family is tied [...]
What do you miss most about your home country? The solid reality of family and places — or an atmosphere long since [...]
After four generations of immigration, a New World woman finds the mysteries of extended lineage often crop up as synchronicity, quirks of taste, wanderlust: ghost urges from genes and culture long ago [...]
A virtual network of mothers helps an Irishwoman in Turkey raise her children by the standards she grew up [...]
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