Posts tagged migrants
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
Americanah & Moving West
Americanah & Moving West

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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AfricaBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)Africa, TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, literature, characters, novel, Nigeria, West, western, America, American, diaspora, England, work, passport, identity, Pakistan, Pakistani, Australia, Australian, migrants, migrant, migrationComment
Wogs and Dings—Enemies of the State
Wogs and Dings—Enemies of the State

The peace and tranquility were the main draw cards of Coolbinia Primary School, but it was also one of its major pitfalls. They bred comfort—the type which people get possessive about…

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RacismBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)TCK TOWN, TCK, tck, Perth, Australia, Karachi, Pakistan, normal, colonisation, Italians, Greeks, Macedonians, Wogs, Dings, Caucasian, European, migrants, Asian, immigrants, Vietnamese, Malaysia, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Punjabis, changeComment
My (P)lucky Mum (An Inspiring & True Tale)
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...

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FamilyBy Farah Beaini (Living in the land of the Kulin nation)tck, third culture kid, TCK, TCK TOWN, mother, sister, family, Arabic, French, Lebanese, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Australian, English, Lebanon, education, study, inspire, proud, pride, third language, language, languages, migrant, migrantsComment
Cutting Along The Bias
Cutting Along The Bias

Despite the media’s scrutiny of migrants and TCK’s, a number of people are refusing to let their opinion be swayed by the negative rhetoric and instead are choosing to form their own opinions untainted by unconscious bias...

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Speak EasyBy Anam Javed (From Pakistan. Living in Melbourne)TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, bias, Speak easy, embarrassment, biases, interview, conversation, diversity, diverse, culture, multicultural, town, Anglo-Saxon, Australian, migrants, beliefs, understandingComment
Home
Home

My sense of belonging fluctuates like an erratic pulse and my nationalistic pride skyrockets when faced with a belligerent non-Pakistani who questions the mess my country has become...

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Where Are You From?By Anam Javed (From Pakistan. Living in Melbourne)third culture kid, tck, TCK TOWN, journal, where are you from, belonging, Pakistan, Australia, pride, immigration, passport, first-world, homesickness, travelled, home, language, religious beliefs, migrants, refugees Comments