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places of hybrid identity ... a chance to do things differently

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Winter of our re-content

Make stylish clothing for the Gypsy jet set, or feed the soul? A fashion designer redesigns herself with the help of a life [...]

Cultural jet lag

“Iranian by birth, French by citizenship and American by residence” is how my grandfather encapsulated 10-year old me. What does that make my [...]

Inside outsider

When a longtime expat in Prague takes a photo course she cannot pretend to be Czech — and gains respect for the tourists which throng her city’s [...]

How do you say...me?

A Brit in the Netherlands finds a foreign language is a hurdle to being true to herself in her relationships with locals, family and [...]

Frozen roots

When a Turk raised in a conservative Brooklyn emigrant community studies in Istanbul she realizes progress comes from a community, not a [...]

Push-me pull-you loyalty

A British-born woman of mixed ethnicity is torn between loyalties to her country of birth and others her family is tied [...]

Sweet but sticky

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

Sink or swim

Easy answers to complex cultural questions can’t prepare an American for her submersive role as member of a Kurdish tribe by [...]

I dream of GenY

When birth year alone means a Baby Boomer would always occupy an entry-level position in her cultural generation, GenY brings the status quo rebellion she [...]

Mapping the imagination

Moving abroad and having to live in a world she only imagined, a mapmaker’s art [...]