Author: belongingmag

SOUR CHERRY

POEM: Romy Listo reflects on a fateful migration journey – on what might have been gained and on what was lost.

POEM: Ibtisam Shahbaz talks with her mamá about resolving the confusion of life’s games.

POEM: Jade Irvine reflects on identity and belonging in creative spaces as an emerging, cross-cultural artist.

BOOK LAUNCH + POETRY: be:longing reflects on an evening co-hosting conversations on cross-cultural art and poetry.

POEM: Safia Lamrani describes the iterative construction of a cross-cultural identity.

THOUGHT PIECE: Izzy and Tabz.A. critique the shoehorning of refugees into one-dimensional identity categories.

POEM: Ian C Smith reflects on the tensions of his childhood as an English migrant in Australia.

POEM: Ryan Keating evokes the wonder of sharing memories from far away.

PAINTING: Jey Gar explores the destabilisation of identity that can occur through migration.

YEAR IN REVIEW: Dunja and Jasmine reflect on be:longing’s sixth year of publication.