In the wake of the ongoing war in Gaza, a Palestinian-Canadian recounts her grandfather’s journey as a Palestinian refugee in exile and the intergenerational effect this had on her own life in the diaspora. The last time I saw my…
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Armenia’s New Diaspora Generation Has its Say
By SEVITA RAMA Danica Harootian at the Report the Truth protest and march. Photo: Sanan Panossian. Sanan Panossian, a 28-year-old Armenian-American from San Francisco, California, has activism in her genes. She grew up in the largest Armenian diaspora community in…
Tibet Economy Leaves Exiles Behind
BY KARA SUNDBY Sonam Choezom has never set foot in Lhasa’s bustling Barkhor Street market or turned the prayer wheels at its Jokhang Temple. She has never made the pilgrimage to Mount Kailash to join Hindus, Jains and other Buddhists…