by Jack Doppelt | Jun 12, 2020 | Culture Shock, Family, Good Question
By Bailey Pekar, Medill, Immigrant Connect For Manar Kodamah, celebrating Ramadan in quarantine “doesn’t have the same spirit” that she’s used to feeling. Usually, celebrating Ramadan is marked as a time of togetherness when Kodamah’s extended family and friends...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 8, 2020 | Culture Shock, Family, Our Staff
By Connie Deng, Medill, Immigrant Connect My mother jumped out of a crashing truck when she was 17. She tells me the story for the first time when I’m home, taking a break from college. I’m on the living room carpet, looking up at where my mother sits on the couch....
by sophiekobylinski | Dec 6, 2019 | Culture Shock, Work, Jobs and Money
By Sophie Kobylinski, Medill, Immigrant Connect After a long week of work at the Kraft Heinz Company in Chicago, 25-year-old Marcelle Hana looks forward to her monthly visit to Ambrosia Cafe, a hookah bar in Lincoln Park. She meets her friends to unwind and catch up...
by gabriellerabon | Oct 18, 2019 | About, Culture Shock, Family, Our Staff
By Gabrielle Rabon, Medill, Immigrant Connect In this room, I struggle to breathe. I am lightheaded. My grandmother, Kitty, smokes indoors. She also hates the smell of tobacco, so she sprays deodorizer to cover it. The walls, once white, are now a sickly yellow-brown....
by ashleyhackett | Dec 12, 2018 | Culture Shock, Good Question
By Ashley Hackett, Medill, Immigrant Connect When Imran Mohammad left Myanmar to escape the persecution of Rohingyan people, he never thought he would land in America, a country where everything was so different. If it were up to him, he’d have been able to live a...
by rebeccadernbach | Dec 11, 2018 | Culture Shock, Our Staff
By Becky Dernbach, Medill, Immigrant Connect It’s hot for May, more than 90 degrees, and so windy I struggle to hold my skirt in place. Abdi* is waiting for me inside the Coldstone Creamery. We embrace under the fluorescent lights, place our orders and find a bench by...
