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Poems by belongingmagDec 1, 20195:01 pmDecember 1, 2019
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there was a mill on the riverbank

POEM: Abeir Soukieh describes the nostalgic potency of music shared across generations.

Thoughts + Stories by belongingmagNov 10, 20195:15 pmNovember 10, 2019
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On the other side

MEMOIR: A rail trip through Europe reminds Vesna Cvjetićanin of her childhood in Yugoslavia, spent daydreaming near the train tracks.

Poems by belongingmagNov 3, 20195:03 pmNovember 3, 2019
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Plam / Flame

POEM: Verica Delova Srma describes the mixing of embers from her past and present that keeps a fire in her going wherever she is.

Thoughts + Stories by belongingmagOct 28, 20195:02 pm
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Arranged

REFLECTION: Geetanjali Sharma grapples with her mum’s disconnection from her post-India world.

Thoughts + Stories by belongingmagOct 20, 20195:00 pm
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A difficult fear

REFLECTION: Sanjaya Fernando recounts a recent interaction, pondering the effect that internalised fears can have on interpersonal relationships.

Poems by belongingmagOct 6, 20195:01 pm
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why’d you write about me instead?

POEM: Abeir Soukieh explores the silencing of minority voices with misplaced advocacy.

Poems by belongingmagSep 29, 20195:15 pmSeptember 29, 2019
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BLADO-RÓŻOWY BŁĘKIT / PALE PINK SKY BLUE

POEM: Agnieszka Berger ponders the transience of life’s interactions and the potency of recollecting them.

Thoughts + Stories by belongingmagSep 22, 20195:08 pmSeptember 22, 2019
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Farewell to my surname

REFLECTION: Dunja Cvjetićanin farewells her beloved surname, on the eve of welcoming another.

Thoughts + Stories by belongingmagSep 15, 20195:00 pmSeptember 15, 2019
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Interview – Talking health in cross-cultural spaces with Win Yee Tan

CROSS-CULTURAL HEALTH: Win Yee Tan discusses the delivery of
cross-cultural community health programs in NSW, Australia.

Thoughts + Stories by belongingmagJul 28, 20195:04 pmOctober 5, 2019
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What’s in a name?

REFLECTION AND POEM: Abeir Soukieh reflects on names, and on how much it can mean when people make an effort to pronounce them correctly.

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