Lebanese — Stories

How lonely my life could’ve been had I stuck to my culture which tells me to value the thick ties of family above all else...

We're Inspired, Advantages, Family, FriendshipsBy Farah Beaini (Living in the land of the Kulin nation)14 November 2020tck, third culture kid, TCK, TCK TOWN, family, cultures, culture, cultural, Lebanon, Lebanese, mother, parents, views, violent, relatives, sister, sisters, aunt, Australia, Australian, British, Canberra, Scottish, brother, Greek Comment

Monteverdean Skies

I am celebrating my 27th birthday zip-lining along the emerald enclaves of Costa Rica that strangely remind me of the yawning valleys of my own tiny Lebanese chouf village...

The Siren Speaks

Never mind the ancient routes that fed, blended and bumped you and I together - I know that you want nothing more than to fit me into your size 9 1/2 shoe box, and tell me about the great Lebanese place that serves tabbouli...

Where Are You From?By Farah Beaini (Living in the land of the Kulin nation)29 September 2018TCK TOWN, third culture kid, journal, where are you from, question, eastern, western, Lebanese, culture, kitchen, foreign, Afghan, Andalucia, Persian, books, belong Comment

Sunny Side Down

I find it hard to reach out to my colleagues. In my Australian culture, grief is largely seen as a private affair, punctuated by long and absent silences. Needing a national ‘Are you OK’ day says a lot about us, and how hard it is to have conversations outside socially acceptable boundaries...

How To Dream with Open Eyes

When we’re young, our dreams are sky high — endless wish lists filled with enormous expectations of ourselves and that of the world around us...

Careers, WomanBy Wafaa Beaini (From Lebanon, Australia and Saudi Arabia. Living in Melbourne)18 March 2018TCK, TCK TOWN, tck, dreams, determination, education, Lebanon, Lebanese, marriage, community, achievementComment

My (P)lucky Mum (An Inspiring & True Tale)

In the past 6 years I have watched my mum utterly transform - a shift that started the first day she stepped into her chosen university. She went from calling us about the location of her saved files to independently researching university databases and overloading her bookmarks tab...

The Untouchable Ones

I would be there, waiting, percolating in the heady cultural mix of art and artist; a moth ever drawn to their bright blooming flames. Each masterpiece was a welcome segue from the mundaneness of everyday public service life; a provocative play on social boundaries that relentlessly questioned the conservative mores of the Saudi Arabia of my teens, and revealed just how far removed I had become from the Lebanese traditions of my youth...

The ArtsBy Farah Beaini (Living in the land of the Kulin nation)15 November 2017TCK TOWN, TCK, Tck, art, artist, Saudi Arabia, Lebanese, art gallery, painting, painted woman, painted man, untouchableComment