In Greece the Ypiresía blames you. In the U.S. the computer blames itself. Meanwhile, I’m just trying to renew something without crying.
#MyBigFatFunnyLife #GreekBureaucracy #GreekLife #SigaSigaLife #GreekAmerican #DiasporaDiaries #OnlyInGreece #PaperworkParade
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What does it mean to lose an icon you were never fully connected to—but feel the weight of anyway?
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#ZiadRahbani
#LebaneseDiaspora
#LebanonArt
#ArabIcons
#MiddleEasternArt
#CulturalLegacy
#LebaneseCulture
#LebaneseVoices
#ArabVoices
#DiasporaDiaries
#RememberingZiad
Georgia saw me as a question mark. Boston saw me as a census checkbox. But my truth? Half Cape Verdean, half ‘off this shit’—a remix colonialism never planned.
What identities have you had to translate for others?
#DiasporaDiaries #CulturalDissonance #NotYourStereotype
Have you ever had to change the way you look or act just to get through airport security?"
👉🏽 Share your story in the comments—let’s talk about it.
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#ArabWomen
#MiddleEasternBeauty
#DiasporaDiaries
Have you ever had to change the way you look or act just to get through airport security?"
👉🏽 Share your story in the comments—let’s talk about it.
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#ArabWomen
#MiddleEasternBeauty
#DiasporaDiaries
#FlyingWhileBrown
#TravelWhileBrown
#CurlyHairStruggles
#StopRacialProfiling
#TravelTruths
#POVReel
Episode 6: African is Cool: Valorising Cultural Heritage, Diaspora Diaries, is now available.
www.ucl.ac.uk/racism-racia...
#Diasporadiaries #studentledproject #sprc #podcast
Some weekend listening from Diaspora Diaries, with Episode 5 live:
www.ucl.ac.uk/racism-racia...
#diasporadiaries
Check out Diaspora Diaries Episode 4
www.ucl.ac.uk/racism-racia...
#Diasporadiaries #diaspora #SPRC
Have you listened to episode 2 and 3 of Diaspora Diaries? www.ucl.ac.uk/racism-racia...
#studentledproject #diasporadiaries #diaspora
Check out Diaspora Diaries: our new student-led project:
www.ucl.ac.uk/racism-racia...
#podcast #2episodes #diasporadiaries #sprc #studentledproject
“It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else.”
-Kwame Nkrumah
Happy Independence Day to my beloved ancestral homeland!
Victory to all those seeking to govern themselves. May we all know the liberty of independence.
#Ghana
#DiasporaDiaries