by chou | Jun 9, 2010 | Back Home, Culture Shock, Family, Identity, The Migration
Thida Tim Loek has a phobia of getting lost. It’s a phobia that originated in the jungles of Southeast Asia, during her escape from Cambodia to Thailand. The phobia resurfaced as she moved to the United States, stepped foot into her first Kmart, and promptly lost...
by chou | Jun 8, 2010 | Family, Identity, Stories
[Read the story – Уважаемые читатели! – in Russian] Friday night means many things to Lifsha Tsetlin. It means reflection, removal from the tangible world. It means spending time with her family, with herself, and most importantly, with...
by chou | Jun 3, 2010 | Good Question, Stories
A home away from home. Photo by Jessica K. Chou In 1980 Ty Tim fled Cambodia with his wife and two daughters. It was their only chance – a window of opportunity after the Vietnamese invaded their homeland. “We moved to change our lives,” Tim said....
by chou | Apr 20, 2010 | Fearing the Law, The Migration
There are 14 stories presented in video journalist Jennifer Utz’s project “Iraqi Refugee Stories.” Each story is an unvarnished video, each a first-person narrative telling the story of an Iraqi refugee waiting in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. The project...
by chou | Apr 11, 2010 | About, Culture Shock, Family
Photo by author. Her favorite breakfast at a Chicago cafe. An American breakfast is simple. Or so Anita Chou thought. It is the 1980s and Chou is trying her hand at her first breakfast in America. She is resting at a small diner in Los Angeles, Calif., after a 14-hour...
