Diaspora blues: The space between two cultures and two countries
What does it mean to belong to two places, yet fully fit into neither? In this reflection, I explore the “diaspora blues”—the ache of living between Canada and Kurdistan, and learning to embrace the hyphen that connects, rather than separates, my identities.
If Once More I Return to Kurdistan
If once more I return to Kurdistan, I will return differently. This reflection traces the distance between who I was as a teenager searching for Western modernity and who I am now—yearning instead for language, culture, and presence.
Welcome to Kurdistan: land of myth and magic
Arriving in Kurdistan for the first time by plane felt surreal. As the city lights shimmered below and an immigration officer welcomed us home, I stepped into a land I had carried with me since childhood—real, mythical, and filled with belonging.