Posts tagged immigration

Life In Transit

I came to China to work, but so much of me stayed in Croatia – my family, my partner, my friends, my professional and personal interests. My everyday life in Beijing is mediated between here and there, in the span of the seven-hour time difference, in the Beijing hutongs and the streets of Zagreb.

Personal EssayAnonymousMarch 30, 2018travel, immigration, foreign, Croatia, Europe, Asia, China, long distance, family, loneliness, isolation

$The Refraction of Memories$

The Refraction of Memories

Were my parents Turks, or Americans? Turkish-Americans? Immigrants? Guests, academics, travelers? And what did that make me?

Personal EssayOset BaburDecember 12, 2016race, ethnicity, culture, immigration