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The Bittersweetness of an International Friendship
The Bittersweetness of an International Friendship 
One of the neighbours we connected with was a family from the Netherlands. Their lives mirrored our own as they too had recently relocated with a toddler in tow, exactly the same age as ours...
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Adulthood, Bridging Worlds, Change, Cities, Community, Family, Friendships, Goodbye, Moving, Relationships, TravelBy Tanzeel Jabbar-Khadir (From Australia, Pakistan & India. Living in Bahrain)TCK, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture adult, culture, story, identity, friendship, friends Comments
A Community of Outsiders and Misfits
A Community of Outsiders and Misfits

Some swore allegiance to Pakistan, others to Australia and others were in an existential crisis. There was a strange sense of community, which was dynamic and syncretic

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CommunityBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)TCK, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture kid, Pakistan, Pakistani, Australia, Australian, university, community, friends, relationships, Peshawar, North, Karachi, languages, language, outsider, boundaries, public, foreigners, foreign, culture, cultures, migrants, migrant Comment
Hope and Healing in Flores de Villa
Hope and Healing in Flores de Villa

As a child who grew up in a suburban bubble in Minnesota, coming to Flores de Villa was shocking. I was unaware of the poverty that existed, and to see it first-hand changed me forever...

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Woman, Community, RelationshipsBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)tck, Tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, third culture kid, Peru, Peruvian, women, woman, culture, cross cultural, community, mother, mom, Mum, family, poverty, Lima, Spanish, TOP TENComment
My Black Community Accuses You
My Black Community Accuses You

I soon realized that I’d avoid anyone who was Black unless they were someone my inner circle knew. I didn’t want to make friends with everyone. I just wanted to survive. What I didn’t realise was how racist I became to protect myself…

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Racism, CommunityBy Shannon Irby (From Ramstein, Tucson, Okinawa, Adana, D.C., San Antonio & Houston. Living in Okinawa.)TCK, tck, Tck, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, racism, school, high school, american, African, black, move, moving countries, moving, teaching, studentsComment
Return to Rural Life
Return to Rural Life

People of such areas are deprived of basic facilities. They have no easy access to big cities, roads are damaged, and elected assembly members visit every five years, never to return within their tenure. But still, they live happy lives...

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Where Are You From?, CommunityBy Arshad Ali (From the Sobho Khan Zaunr Village. Living in Hyderabad)TCK TOWN, TCK, Tck, Hyderabad, Pakistan, village, city, urbanisation, school, illiteracy, The Citizen Foundation, welfare, community, economy, poverty, ancestral, rural, local, traditional Comment