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• For Sale Cheap: Kidneys and Children

  

  “An entire criminal infrastructure has developed over the past 18 months around exploiting the migrant flow.” Brian Donald, Europol Chief of Staff to Observer I... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Life Overseas – To the Displaced and the Exiled

  

  Readers – I am at A Life Overseas today sharing an essay from Between Worlds: Essays on Culture and Belonging. I hope you’ll join me!To the Displaced and the... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dear New Mom – Part 2

  

  Dear New Mom,A year ago I wrote a letter to you. I saw you on the subway, and you had that amazing look, a look I know so well — the look of a woman in love wit... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s Okay Not to Know

  

  It’s tough to be a junior (grade 11) in high school. There are so many pressures. This is the year many students choose a college, a career, a life. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Inhaling Grace

  

  A warm, damp wind blows my hair and my face as I walk up Tremont Street, making my way to work. It has rained during the night and the streets show recent... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Waving Olive Branches

  

  Olives are ubiquitous in the Middle East. Served with almost every meal, they vary in color and size, offering a pungent, salty taste. Eat them with bread and... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Hidden Pearl

  

  Ages ago, when we still lived in South Asia, Lowell stole one of my pearls from a pearl necklace I had. He took it out into the city and he deliberately “lost”... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Scraps from the Table

  

  “Pity and what it offers are scraps from the table. Justice is a seat at the table.”*Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan.Three vastly different countries with different... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Being Bold on My Birthday

  

  So….today is my birthday! For years, I would wander around my workplace, Eeyore-like, thinking “No one is going to wish me a happy birthday. I hate this. I... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s a Baby!

  

  I have several friends who have had babies in the past year. These babies are beautiful — a couple of them boys, a couple of them girls. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Valley of Weeping

  

  We arrived in the Bekaa Valley and immediately felt the temperature change. It was cold and damp, the sun hidden behind a grey cloud. We entered a cold, concret... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “Days of the Week”

  Like most things, the refugee crisis is complex and three-dimensional. And one of the things that goes along with this work are the moments and times of... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “It May Take Some Time to Breathe”

  As I got off the plane on Sunday night, I felt a familiar tightening in my chest. I have lived in Cambridge now for eight years, yet I still feel what is... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• In the Land of the Living

  

  Jet lag has me up early today, fully awake and ready to go. Instead of fighting it, I get up. Some things aren’t worth a fight. I arrive in the city while it... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The MK/TCK Aversion to Being a Tourist

  

  Attempting to be ‘good’ tourists on our last day in AmmanI love travel. I love planes. I love airports. I love that feeling of getting another stamp in my... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• And We’re Back…

  

  Last night we arrived back to Terminal E at Logan International Airport. The trip began early morning in Lebanon and by the time we arrived we had been up for 2... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• 1500 Olive Trees

  

  There comes a time on any trip where you feel overwhelmed, when tiredness and lack of control of your surroundings can creep into the journey. I think it is... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The More I Learn, the Less I Know

  

  I have the extraordinary privilege of being in Lebanon and just returned from a trip to Bekaa Valley.   There are thousands of refugees in the valley and we... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Truth Echoes

  “Did you hear? Did you hear what they did about immigration?” My friend’s eyes were big and troubled.“No.” I said.Janira is originally from El Salvador. She... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Some Thoughts From Adult TCKs to Those Who Raise Them – Part 2

  

  A year and a half ago I put out a request to a group of adult TCKs asking what advice or thoughts they might have for the parents of TCKs. The response was... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION