YEAR IN REVIEW: Editors-in-Chief of be:longing, Dunja and Jasmine, reflect on the publication’s third year.
Author: belongingmag
there was a mill on the riverbank
POEM: Abeir Soukieh describes the nostalgic potency of music shared across generations.
On the other side
MEMOIR: A rail trip through Europe reminds Vesna Cvjetićanin of her childhood in Yugoslavia, spent daydreaming near the train tracks.
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.
Arranged
REFLECTION: Geetanjali Sharma grapples with her mum’s disconnection from her post-India world.
A difficult fear
REFLECTION: Sanjaya Fernando recounts a recent interaction, pondering the effect that internalised fears can have on interpersonal relationships.
why’d you write about me instead?
POEM: Abeir Soukieh explores the silencing of minority voices with misplaced advocacy.
BLADO-RÓŻOWY BŁĘKIT / PALE PINK SKY BLUE
POEM: Agnieszka Berger ponders the transience of life’s interactions and the potency of recollecting them.
Farewell to my surname
REFLECTION: Dunja Cvjetićanin farewells her beloved surname, on the eve of welcoming another.
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.
