by libgober | Aug 3, 2009 | Back Home, Identity, The Migration
[This story was published originally on Immigration Here & There in June 2006] Death can’t seem to touch Seda Douglas, no matter how hard it tries. Seda, a survivor of the murderous Khmer Rouge in her native Cambodia, has endured starvation, torture,...
by libgober | Aug 3, 2009 | Back Home, Identity, Learning the Language, Work, Jobs and Money
[a version of this story appeared first on Outlookindia.com, the web product of Outlook Magazine, one of India’s premier weekly newsmagazines that sells more than 13 million copies a year, and later appeared on YaleGlobal Online. Â It was also published...
by libgober | Aug 3, 2009 | Culture Shock, Identity
[This article was published on Immigration Here and There in June, 2006] Tom was a young man when he left Dublin in 1952. After growing up in a small tenement in Dublin, London offered a chance for work. Decades later after living and working as a lorry driver in...
by libgober | Aug 3, 2009 | Work, Jobs and Money
[This article was originally publish in January, 2006, on the website Immigration Here and There] Michael Duque, a nurse from the Philippines, expected to make more money and advance his career when he moved to London. Instead, he was demoted to health care assistant...
by libgober | Aug 3, 2009 | Culture Shock, Learning the Language, Work, Jobs and Money
[This article was published on Immigration Here and There in June, 2006] Dribbling around a well-timed screen by one of his Northwestern University teammates at the three-point arc, Vedran Vukusic, the squarely built, 6′-8″ forward from Split, Croatia,...
