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Immigration immunity

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

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August 18th, 2010 | Tags: ancestry, Britain, colonization, emigrant, emigration, Figen Çakır, global citizen, immigrant, immigration, native, nativist, persecution, privilege, refuge, refugee, tolerance, tribal, tribe, United Kingdom, United States, war | Category: community, culture, history, home, identity, multicultural, origin, society, taboo | View Comments

Macho smooches

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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June 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Azerbaijan, Azeri, Baku, Britain, British, gay, homosexual, hugging, intimate behavior, kissing, machismo, male camaraderie, male culture, Muslim, PDA, physical affection, physical contact, public display of affection, Scary Azeri, UK, United Kingdom | Category: community, identity | View Comments

The in-country expat

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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May 12th, 2010 | Tags: Britain, British, Canada, Canadian identity, capital city, Catalyst, Catholic, cheek kisses, Distinct Society, France, Francophile, Francophone, French, immigrant, Latin, M.D. Benoit, minority nationalism, Mont-Laurier, national identity, Ottawa, provincial, Québec, Québécoise, regionalism, social strictures | Category: community, home, identity, multicultural, origin, psychic limbo | View Comments

Colour me culture

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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March 31st, 2010 | Tags: Blue Peter, branding, Britain, British, celebrity, convict, crafting, criminal, cult of personality, cultural disconnect, Decor8, design, design blog, design conference, Diana Brennan, Europe, European, expat+HAREM series, Figen Çakır, frugality, German, Germany, Holly Becker, home arts, INDABA, interior decorating, interior design, Martha Stewart, recycling, self promotion, South Africa, South African, Swede, Swedish, UK, United Kingdom | Category: community, home, identity, origin, self-image | View Comments

Smile, you're in the West

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

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March 24th, 2010 | Tags: arrogance, Azerbaijan, Azeri, Baku, body language, Britain, British, casual sex, defence mechanism, defense mechanism, Eastern European, ex-Soviet, facial expression, respect, rudeness, Russian, Scary Azeri, sexual invitation, smile, smiling, Soviet, taxi driver, United Kingdom, waving, Western, woman, women | Category: community, identity, self-image | View Comments

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 to. [...]

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January 29th, 2010 | Tags: Brit, Britain, citizenship, England, expat, expatriate, Figen Çakır, geography, global citizen, Greek Orthodox, Italian, Kuşadası, loyalty, Margaret Thatcher, stereotype, Turkey, United Kingdom, White Russian | Category: borderlands, community, family, global niche, home, identity, multicultural, origin, self-image | View Comments

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