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ETHNIC GIFTS!

WHO ARE WE?

"Sentimental Refugee" was created by a US immigrant to become a resource for other immigrants for connecting, sharing, discussing experiences and getting advice and, whenever possible, help with the life of an immigrant. Not in the least the magazine hopes to amuse and inspire.

The target audience is not limited to the United States although the majority of the interviewees and other contributors live and work in the US. We do, however, welcome contributors from all over the world.

Since its inception five years ago www.SentimentalRefugee.com has evolved into a more elaborate website with many collaborators: writers who write articles as well as fiction; cartoonists; painters. It is, to this day, a work in progress and it is driven by its readers.

We welcome your suggestions with what you would like to see/read about and any other feedback. Please send it to the
editor@sentimentalrefugee.com.

If you would like to advertise on this website please contact the editor@sentimentalrefugee.com for rates and availability.

Turn to our "Interviews" page for conversations on various topics concerning the life of an immigrant (first generation or otherwise). Click here.

If you want to contribute to the conversation and send us your personal opinion, stories or experiences click here.

FEATURED BOOK:

Disappearance of the Outside: A Manifesto for Escape

by Andrei Codrescu
Taking into account his own exile from Stalinist Romania, as well as the plights of such greats as Garcia Marquez, Breton, Dada, Kundera, and Milosz, Codrescu issues a call for those living in a free society to reach beyond a benign reality founded in technology and commercialism by tapping into their imaginations and striving for a better, evolutionary existence.

Check out our Sentimental Refugee Arts and Fun Store featuring cartoons, illustrated stories and traditions from world cultures!

"Job Interview" Cartoon: what happens when Mr. Naheed applies for a job in the United States

"A life without love is like a year without summer." Illustrated Swedish proverb.

From Russia: Vodka and Caviar. It's Party Time! Click here.

From Japan: An illustrated love story about a beautiful wife. Click here.

FEATURED INTERVIEW:

Sonia Choquette. (first generation born in the USA)
"The first thing to say about the experience of an immigrant is that people are like a tree whose roots have been cut off. Fortunately the human spirit is regenerative but only if you acknowledge that you have suffered a major psychic wound, even if you move under the best of conditions. So you can build new roots." Read more...