Moci, of the Expatclic team, has interviewed Corinna, an Austrian lady who set up a beautiful project in Peru. Hello Corinna, it is a pleasure to have you with us. Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Thanks for having me! When I was younger, traveling and starting over was what kept me […]
Moci is Peruvian. Her two daughters were born while she was living in Hungary. In this wonderful article she reflects on how living abroad has shaped her into the mother she is. I became a mom in 2012. I had been gone from Peru (my native country) since 2008. I gave birth in Budapest, […]
A reflection of Chris O’Shaughnessy on how we can change the concept of home to find hope. Many sociologists agree that society is losing its ability to maintain community. More people feel disconnected, lonely, and hopeless: emotionally homeless. Expats benefit from a lifestyle which challenges them to actively seek, build, and participate in community […]
An expat survey. In my experience, I’ve realized that most expats are not aware of the enormous potential they have. Nor are they aware of the skills they’ve gained from this kind of life. I suspect the reason is probably lying behind the psychological challenges and fatigue they are obliged to overcome every time […]
There is a column in The Guardian called “Books that made me”. In it, all sorts of questions about books are asked of the author, whom each week is chosen to talk about his or her literary taste and experience. Whenever I read the title of the column, my mind goes to those books that […]
We sincerely thank Federico Bonadonna for allowing us to publish the translation of his moving account of what it means to be the trailing husband of an aid worker. I have followed my wife for ten consecutive years in places I had barely heard about (and some places I’d never heard about), not to […]
I recently came back from Indonesia, where for four years I could not drink tap water. Here is my reflection on yet another privilege of our rich Western world most people are not aware of. I have spent more than half of my life in countries where drinking tap water could make you seriously […]
I recently returned to Italy, my home country, while waiting for my next destination abroad. What I have found is a terrible reality in which the official narrative is based on racism, discrimination, and prejudice. I have been wondering what I, as an expat, can do to contribute to counteract all of this. “Don’t […]
Grasp a cup of tea and take your time to listen to this powerful TEDx: it worth, it is tremendously true in our society. When people ask me where I come from, I cannot just say I come from Italy: it’s just not true anymore, I also come from Saudi Arabia, from Nigeria, […]
Mariam Navaid Ottimofiore is a Pakistani born expat who grew up in Bahrain, New York City and Karachi. She has been living abroad for 17 years, with her husband and her two children. She has presently just left Dubai and moved to Ghana. I met her at the Families in Global Transition (FIGT) conference in […]