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ETHNIC GIFTS!
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INTERVIEWS


Ilya Talman. (USA via the Ukraine) NEW!
“America is the place, from what I gather, to build big dreams but you must be willing to work very hard. Take risks. And realize that whatever you think it’s going to happen, if it does happen, it will happen much later than you planned. And it will take much more effort. From my own experience… it took me five years to break even with the business when I first started.” Read more...

Nick. (USA via Great Britain)
"I get nostalgic over walking to places, walking in the street. I miss the book shops. You find a lot less best-sellers and a more personal collection of the shop owner. On the other hand here you can find a lot more books that you’d never see there. I used to spend a lot more time with my friends and had time to go out, talking, talking with each other, every weekend. I miss the English chocolate. " Read more...
 

ARTICLES

"Oh, You Mean Those Immigrants" By KIM ANTIEAU
" I am married to an immigrant who also happens to have the same last name as one of the most despised men in modern history." Read more.

"Family Models, Model Families"
by CHARLES N. DARRAH from the Department of Anthropology, San Jose State University. Paper prepared for Revisiting the American Dream: How U.S. Families Cope with Work and Family Life.

"The True Love Story of a Modern Day Immigrant"
By MIRA HALL
Mira Hall moved to the US from New Zealand to join the love of her life.

 

Love stories of and for immigrants and refugees. Love in a foreign country.
LOVE
for immigrants, refugees and transplants. See it differently.

Friendship stories of and for immigrants and refugees. Friendship in a foreign country.
FRIENDSHIP
Are the baboons scratching their backs the same way all over the world?

Family stories of and for immigrants and refugees. Family in a foreign country.
FAMILY
"Have I really changed that much?"

School stories of and for immigrants and refugees. School in a foreign country.
SCHOOL
 New language? New forms of peer torture? All tips appreciated.

Dating stories of and for immigrants and refugees. Dating in a foreign country.
DATING
Let's talk about it!

Career stories of and for immigrants and refugees. Career in a foreign country.
CAREER / WORK
"What did you call that? Two pairs of uncles chose that for me - way before I was born!"

Spirituality stories of and for immigrants and refugees. Spirituality in a foreign culture.
GOD
The one and only. Or, perhaps, the many? Or... none?

 

CARTOONS!
Cartoons for and about immigration. Cartoons inspired by the life of immigrants, dealing with adjustment issues, understanding the new cultures etc.

PRESS

At last, American know-how is explained
November 17, 2004
By Aline Mendelsohn / Sentinel Staff Writer

WHY THIS WEBSITE:
people migrate - and immigrate - for all sorts of reasons: some leave their home countries and their place of birth out of a sense of adventure. Read more.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY about us!
"Sometimes I wish they held 'Hello, welcome to America - here we do it THIS way' classes to orientate newcomers... Read more.

CONTRIBUTE to the conversation and send us your personal opinion, stories or experiences. Click here.

PERSONAL OF THE MONTH
"Hi! My name is Jesse, I am a Caucasian man, 50, very fit, in excellent shape, who loves Japanese women." Read more.

ON THE FUNNY SIDE
Funnies around the world: consumer art, jokes etc. Read more

 

 
 

 


FEATURED BOOK:

Disappearance of the Outside: A Manifesto for Escape

 by Andrei Codrescu
 This cultural-literary-social critique examines why, when a society moves from a repressive system of government wrought with censorship and oppression to a free state representing unlimited possibilities, the art once created and treasured by that population is taken for granted. 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: Mr. Naheed, an immigrant, applies for a job un the United States
"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.
"A life without love is like a year without summer." Illustrated Swedish proverb.


Vodka and Caviar Baseball Jersey

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

 "The Woodseller's Wife": an illustrated Japanese love story.
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...
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