We were given one week’s notice to pack our bags and leave the country…
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I had felt the presence of Jaini high in the mountains of Iran, along the shores of the Caspian…
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I wanted to claim Tanzania as my home, but how could I? I was not accepted by others as a part of their country…
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“Where are you from?” Thrill and dread. That question we all prepare a thirty-second elevator pitch for…
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Her voice and her work have shown her local community how important it is to embrace cultural diversity, diverse opinions and outlooks…
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It is devastating to think that West Africa lost a highly-regarded member of their community, famous for his literacy in Arabic, to North Carolina, where it was illegal for a slave to even be literate in English…
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Bahrain became one of the first countries in the Middle East to outlaw domestic violence. It is important to recognise that achievement, but also realise that there is more that communities can do. Ultimately, this is not a men’s issue or a women’s issue. It’s a community issue…
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But that was just it. I had to fit in wherever I went. Nobody else had to mould their ways to engage with my understanding of identity and belonging…
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My birth city launched Columbus’ wooden fleet. A trip aboard a cruise ship—my life at sea…
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I have a Chinese-Malaysian mother and a Ugandan father, I’m two parts of two continents, but since most people can’t guess that. I’m a black woman to them...
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What is there to fear? There is no place for fear when this world doesn’t fear for you.
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