Macho smooches: reconsidering male camaraderie

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Living in the UK for ten years, some things in my home country Azerbaijan now shock me. Take the kissing men.

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Push-me pull-you loyalty: where are global citizens torn?

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

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Colour me culture: the conflict of a celebrity cult

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Why is Martha Stewart unpopular in Europe? The question raises cultural hackles at a design blog run by an American in Germany.

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The in-country expat: handling radically different regions

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Without leaving your country, you can become an expat. When I left my hometown in Québec province I found myself wading through Canado-British culture.

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Smile, you’re in the West

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Ex-Soviets don’t smile. They’re not being rude, it’s just the body language of their region, writes an Azeri transplanted to a British suburb.

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Immigration immunity: is tolerance a two-way street?

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Does just being an expat earn you a badge of tolerance toward other cultures — all of a sudden?

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