REFLECTION: Akka Ballenger Constantin explores what “home” means to her, and reminisces about the tastes she carries with her wherever she goes to maintain that sense of home for her always.
The samosas are cooked in ghee…
REFLECTION: Asha Lambert-Patel recounts an interaction that toes the fine line between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation.
Passing through
MEMOIR: Ken Wallace reflects on the time he spent teaching English in Japan after university, including when his mum came to visit him some six months in.
Green banana
REFLECTION: Vesna Cvjetićanin shares with us a happy interaction experienced during her lunchtime quest for a green banana.
There is a change…
SHORT STORY: Firas has just arrived in the country with his mother and father. From getting ready for school to making friends, Jasmine Soukieh brings us a story sketching his first impressions of this new place.
Allowing Me To Leave… (for Asefeh Zeinalabedini)
POEM: Anita Patel shares a poem inspired by her friend Asefeh’s journey from Tabriz to Canberra.
Australia Felix
PHOTOS: Belgian photographer Wouter Van de Voorde shares with us photos of Canberra, Australia, where has lived for almost 10 years now.
Aloo Aloo Beirut
MEMOIR: Farah Beaini writes a letter to her Jiddo (grandfather) in Lebanon after he requests a new radio to replace the one they bought together one time in Australia.
About the Eyes
POEM: Artist and poet Akka Ballenger Constantin reflects on writing in her mother tongue, Romanian, and brings us a poem written in four languages – Spanish, French, Romanian and English.
India through my eyes
PHOTOS: Dancer and performer Gautam Koul shares a series of photographs from his birth country of India.
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