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Cultural Differences Come Home to Roost

One of the first things I noticed when I moved to China was that people in Beijing were very particular

A couple years ago I wrote this article about my bad temper in China. After posting, I was surprised to

It’s no secret that living abroad changes you. While those changes are usually positive — becoming more accepting of others,

In the last month of my pregnancy, the topic of what to do with my placenta after giving birth came

“Disgraced”, the Pulitzer award-winning tale by Ayad Akhtar of an American of Pakistani descent, who grew up Muslim, and his