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18
Jan
Black-and-white photo of beautiful Chinese woman holding hand of sweet-faced toddler daughter outdoors

Three Thanksgivings—and Cultural (Mis)appropriations

I share "Three Thanksgivings" in gratitude for my family. They truly deserve a Homs-at-Home sitcom, written just for them, starring them as themselves, except for me. I’d like Joan Chen to play a glamorous (finally!) version of me.
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11
Jan
Bread from Ashes

Bread from Ashes

I was born in Misrata, a city on the Mediterranean coast of Libya, but I took my first steps in Tripoli where I grew up and spent most of my life. From an early age I was bilingual, speaking Arabic and Tamasheq, the Tuareg language. The two languages embody vastly different ways of being...
4 min read