J’ai décidé d’écrire ceci après avoir lu l’article Je suis devenue femme d’expat et j’ai perdu ma liberté dans Le Monde. On trouve pas mal de témoignages par des femmes qui ont suivi leurs partenaires / maris à l’étranger (par exemple sur le site FemmeExpat), mais ce qui me frappe à chaque fois que je lis ces […]
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Kibbeh, Kabab and Kunafa, Oh My.
by Tone Delin Indrelid from www.theothertrail.me and blogger at www.theturbantimes.com and www.carrythefuture.org “My wife thinks you don’t like her food,” he said. “You’re not supposed to return the plate empty!” Tone Delin Indrelid recalls how being corrected on a social blunder in Damascus turned into a wonderful relationship of exchanging food and learning about others through food. It took me some […]
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About household and garden workers in Morocco
by Stephanie H Meade from In Culture Parent One of the things I have gotten wrong repeatedly in Morocco is the proper treatment of household and garden workers. I didn’t realize it, but I was inadvertently starving them. The first time a woman came to clean for us, she brought her mother. We had only arrived a […]
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Before following your partner abroad…
There are many reasons why following our partner abroad, relocating to another country is beneficial, exciting and positive for us. But sometimes we hesitate for a reason and not only we should always ponder the pros and cons but we should also “trust our gut” when something doesn’t feel right.I have helped many internationals assessing their situation […]
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Embracing goodbyes
Several years ago I deeply struggled with goodbyes. It was a year where many friends moved away, some left without telling us on time that they would leave. They didn’t take the time to say goodbye, they simply disappeared from our life. This made me and my family experience something that I called the goodbye-shock. It was a sense […]
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