I had felt the presence of Jaini high in the mountains of Iran, along the shores of the Caspian…
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I wanted to claim Tanzania as my home, but how could I? I was not accepted by others as a part of their country…
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“Where are you from?” Thrill and dread. That question we all prepare a thirty-second elevator pitch for…
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Her voice and her work have shown her local community how important it is to embrace cultural diversity, diverse opinions and outlooks…
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It is devastating to think that West Africa lost a highly-regarded member of their community, famous for his literacy in Arabic, to North Carolina, where it was illegal for a slave to even be literate in English…
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I don’t have a filter when it comes to talking about wanting to leave America…
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A promise of fading light and cooling mercury…
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We have come together not because of blood, but because we share bonds of a common outlook on life…
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Are white, American men going to keep steamrolling over our cultures with their incorrect ideas about who we are and how our differences could harm them?
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I took everything I could from Nashville and in return, Nashville took everything out of me. I haven’t figured out how to make this city my home and I don’t know how to stay…
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he busy streets normally filled with cars were replaced with loud, colorful parades…
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I had kept my story to myself because it’s uncomfortable, and people never knew what to say…
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They think it’s because of their badass demeanor, their cocky swagger, their muscle cars, and their tough reputations...
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My blue eyes and straight nose a legacy of Northern Europe and gifts from my ancestors…
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After realizing his cultural identity as a TCK, Peter faced a new inner conflict as he traveled between America and Korea: Should he stay true to his TCK identity or “take sides” with a single cultural identity?
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I don’t know how to stay and invest in a city long-term. I’m panicking because there is no reason to go, there is no goodbye coming and because this is foreign…
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But that was just it. I had to fit in wherever I went. Nobody else had to mould their ways to engage with my understanding of identity and belonging…
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A collaborative project between 20 artists across nine countries came close to that gossamer spirit that has guided me through my travels. That project was The Flyway Print Exchange, coordinated by the Melbourne-based printmaker and artist Kate Gorringe-Smith…
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My passport tells an improbable tale of birth, country of origin and address of emergency contact….
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Almost everyone only thought about Turkey as depicted in the movie ‘Midnight Express’, although I have never seen it…
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