REFLECTION: Marwa Rida brings us an extract from her gratitude journal, which was inspired by a recent, deeply honest conversation.
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Poha and Chai
POEM + RECIPE: Jolly Bhattacharjee shares with us a poem about the nostalgic feelings stirred up in her when she prepares a breakfast of poha and chai.
Paths
ART: Marissa Rodriguez Schimizzi brings us a delicate papercut that ponders the difficulty of finding one’s path as a cross-culture kid.
අලුත් රටක ඇයි අද අපි හිටි හැටියේ … / Mother, please tell me …
POEM: Amala Jayasekara imagines the impact of migration on a child, through the eyes and mind of her daughter.
Sint-Pauwels, summer of 2018
PHOTOS: Wouter Van de Voorde reflects on his recent trip back to Belgium, this time with his wife and son.
Where are you from?
POEM: Ray Mardia explores the transience of difference.
Interview – Talking “Jurassica” with director Bridget Balodis
INTERVIEW: Dunja Cvjetićanin chats with Bridget Balodis, director of “Jurassica”, a multilingual play exploring migration, family and cross-cultural interactions.
The 7L
MEMOIR: Dunja Cvjetićanin takes us on a journey between home and work, in Belgrade and Canberra.
Don’t we eat the antelope?
POEM: Abeir Soukieh brings us a poem of youth and difference and survival, and her little cousin Rim.
A tongue (un)tied
POEM: Jasmine Soukieh shares a poem touching on the mix of thoughts, feelings and assumptions involved in less-familiar language settings.
