by Miranda Viglietti | Jun 14, 2011 | Back Home, Culture Shock, Identity, Learning the Language, The Migration, What's New
[audio:https://immigrantconnect.medill.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Clip-1.mp3|titles=Clip 1] Here’s how Khadga Darnal identifies himself in English, a language he barely speaks. Khadga Darnal begins to twirl in a circle to the beat of the madal...
by Miranda Viglietti | Jun 4, 2011 | Culture Shock, Family, What's New
[Read the story as published in Spanish or in English in Extra, as a collaboration with Immigrant Connect, and listen in on a discussion of the issue that aired on Vocalo 89.5 FM in Chicago on July 11, 2011. Also read a companion story – Promoting healthy eating...
by Miranda Viglietti | Apr 23, 2011 | Back Home, Culture Shock, Our Staff, What's New
Shaheda’s belief in ghosts seemed silly when I first considered it. It was hard for me to take the supernatural seriously while we sat on a bench in the Koreatown district of Los Angeles, watching crowds of people shuffle past us into the nearby shops or Metro...
