#immigrantexperience

[persianatpenn]

Thanksgiving Goftagu!

Much of the Persian half of my family enjoy celebrating Thanksgiving with my parents and sisters, and we were fortunate to have around 20 guests in our home a couple weeks ago. We made more food than anyone could possibly finish. In this way, our Persian cultural hospitality practices combined with the traditional American Thanksgiving, leading to an amazing rendition of the holiday. One particularly special guest who visited us was my old Farsi teacher, Layla, who is also a distant relative. My sisters, cousins, and I learned from Layla when we last visited Iran ten years ago. I hardly recognized her, but as soon as we began talking, the memories came flooding back to me. I enjoyed my goftogu with her. She was excited to hear I had continued learning Farsi in college, and she stepped into her old role as a teacher as she corrected my sentences every now and then. I asked her about her current living situation, as she recently immigrated to Toronto from Iran. She met her husband there, and he also joined us at Thanksgiving. She described how she was incredibly happy to be in Toronto as it simply was not safe to be in Iran as a woman who wanted to enjoy unrestricted life. I asked if she would ever return to visit Iran, and she explained that she sadly cannot as there is a large possibility that she would not be able to leave the country once she returned. She explained that an Iranian friend of hers living in Canada had her passport confiscated when she went back to visit family. I was also surprised to learn about a uniquely immigrant emotion of “Happy sad,�� where Layla is very happy to be living in a new country that allows her the freedom to live the life she has always wanted, but she is sad that her friends and family back in Iran are not able to experience these same living conditions.

هاله

[joyffree]

Nikki: A Journey of Resilience by Harman Cherra Book Tour with Guest Post

Nikki: A Journey of Resilience a narrative that captures the essence of the immigrant experience, cultural identity, and the unyielding strength of the human spirit.

[bartoszbeda]

“Four Seasons” Art

“Four Seasons” Art, Bartosz Beda"Four Seasons" by Bartosz Beda explores the immigrant experience in America, using seasonal themes to reflect on adaptation and separation. 🌍🎨 Read the full article

[sanetimental]

A Close-Up View Of The Impact of Dollar Exchange Rate Hike on African Immigrants

Uncover the intricate effects of the volatile dollar exchange rate hike on African immigrants. Gain a close-up perspective in this insightful blog post.

The impact of the dollar exchange rate hike on African immigrants is a critical subject that affects various segments of the population. From general audiences to travelers, students, business owners, and professionals, understanding the consequences of this economic shift is imperative as the implications of this exchange rate fluctuation are far-reaching and have a profound impact on the lives…

[noopdogwithablog]

Please listen and share widely! The podcast episode is about an hour long.

[bignazo]

Fourth of July weekend in NYC, 1986: Quasimodo, BIG NAZO's founding mutha-fodder, stood atop a tenement building on Avenue B before heading out to do "non-human statue" performance art at lower Manhattan's Battery Park in a crowd of thousands hailing from many nations, backgrounds and walks of life. On the surface, everyone there seemed to be celebrating whatever level of independence and freedom they managed to achieve and exercise in their own lives. A few individuals heckled Quasi, who, with his huge nose, greenish brown skin, lack of resemblance to the real statue and irreverent mentioning of items for inclusion on the "huddled masses" list, may have seemed, to them, to be mocking the country. The overwhelming majority, however, seemed delighted by the irreverent and positive attitude of the weird puppet Lady Liberty variation they'd just encountered. The crowds lined up for photos and laughter. Quasi came away from the experience feeling like it had been a 'fun and sloppy family gathering' in which relatives no one knew they had suddenly all showed up at the same place to meet, greet, and eat, and, in personal and private ways, consider the possibilities of Democracy's promise. Excerpt from (the original) poem, "The New Colossus", by Emma Lazarus that can be found on the inner wall of the pedestal of the REAL Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" #fourthofjuly #independenceday #statueofliberty #democracy #bignazolab #bignazo #quasimoto #nyc #alphabetcity #lowereastsidenyc #julyfourth #liberty #usa #america #civicduty #vote2020 #immigrantexperience #landofthefree #publicart #statue #newcolossus #ellisisland https://www.instagram.com/p/CCO_kZCHc2r/?igshid=1iox7wx7ht1hr

[thedirtbagdad]

One of the most profound perspectives I have gained was the time I spent living in Hong Kong and traveling all over Asia. For the first time, as an American, I began to understand and experience directly what it truly feels like to be the “other” (though I have been the other in many aspect throughout my life). . In the end, even though I lived there but two years and never would have divined the outcome, Hong Kong is a place I dearly call “home.” And while I eventually lived a decent life there, it certainly was not a walled off and insulated “expat package” existence. It was, for who I was and am, genuine. . #Repost @onbeing ・・・ @poetrichardblanco’s work touches on the polarizing issue of immigration through the fullness of the human experience and the question: What is home?⁠ ⁠ “Especially in our contemporary society, we’re all in exile. We all have immigrant experiences of some kind that weren’t happening, exactly, 100 years ago. You move from Miami to Seattle, you’re gonna have an immigrant experience,” he says.⁠ ⁠ #onbeing #conversation #wisdom #immigrantexperience #richardblanco #poet #poetsofinstagram #humanity #society https://www.instagram.com/p/B5e8rCZjH4LG7V9641LdE0T7dWI0inTqpB_TKg0/?igshid=1j6unfn9gs7gu

[beatrizdesignz-blog]

A beautiful start to my day, finishing up with this beauty, one of several big #papelpicado pieces for my September 2018 solo exhibition, “d e l e t e d” at Purdue University. Empowering the most vulnerable. #immigrantexperience #immigrantsmakeamericagreat @indplsartcenter @indianamuseum @artscouncilindy @indyartscene @sanfranciscospca @sfmexicanmuseum @sfartscollective @herronschool @womenofindyarts @sf_immigrants @immigrantvoicesusa @immigrant.stories @immigrantjustice #artisttalk #artistlife #artistatwork #artistactivist #artistinstagram (at Central Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana)

[hawaiinews]

A new report from New American Economy (@NewAmericanEconomy) finds that immigrants in Hawaii contributed $17.6 billion to the local economy in 2018, with over $874 million going to state and local taxes. https://www.hawaiistar.com/2021/05/hawaii-immigrants-economy/ #hawaiiimmigration #hawaiiimmigrants #immigrants #immigrantexperience https://www.instagram.com/p/CPARTwVjg2H/?utm_medium=tumblr

[hyeinpain]

:D Children's book cover I did for amazing @_secondstory Press is out! What a fun project 💓 Available at https://secondstorypress.ca/kids/krista-kim-bap #KoreanFood #BookCover #Kimbop #김밥 #ChildrensBook #ImmigrantExperience (at Hyein Lee Studio)

[neaato]

Repost from @goodreadswithronna - Patti Kim’s middle grade novel, I'M OK, realistically depicts the imperfect lives of recent immigrants + middle schoolers. Ok Lee’s a likable but flawed character who comes up w/clever ways to help out financially after his father dies suddenly. . . . . . . #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #middlegrade #middlegradereads #asianamerican #immigrantexperience #kidlit #deathanddying #childrensbooks #childrenbookstagram #tweenreads #singlemom #poverty #recommendedbooks wp.me/p3X25n-8xy https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Pu6VRBY9f/?igshid=1bn02d4544b9k

[superlaurenblogs]

The first ever Easy As Pie #Theatre #Workshop is on Wednesday @the.merl! Sign up on #eventbrite . . #thingstodoinreading #devisedtheatre #immigrantexperience #foodsthatremindyouofhome https://www.instagram.com/p/BzTIrHXFKoA/?igshid=fgxo2csy9cn3

[petechecchiaphotography]

Art installation by a child illustrating their Mexican American immigrant experience. #art #philadelphiaochestra #school #immigrantexperience #neighborhoodconcert #installation (at St Thomas Aquinas School) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bttye-ijkqg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rv7zju6cgn9k

[luiscasco]

Have you seen @intheheightsmovie yet? It’s a vibrant film which stars my pal and longtime client @lesliegrace CONGRATULATIONS LESLIE! You are GREAT in it 💕✨ I relate to so much of the film as it deals with the #immigrantexperience of the #americandream. From the creator of @hamiltonmusical and the director of @crazyrichasians And with an almost exclusively #latinocast 💕💕💕✨✨✨#luiscasco #luiscascomakeup hair @lightaaron photo @steveerle @cloutierremix @thewallgroup ……………………….. ¿Ya vieron la película #intheheights? Es una película vibrante protagonizada por mi amiga y cliente de mucho tiempo #lesliegrace 💕✨. Me identifico con gran parte de ella, ya que se trata de la experiencia desee un inmigrante en busca del #sueñoamericano Del creador de #hamiltonmusical y del director de #crazyrichasians Y con un cast casi exclusivamente #latino✨✨✨#maquillajeluiscasco #latinasctress (at Hollywood, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJENHPA_-j/?utm_medium=tumblr

[m10247]

Silly film project: El Norte edition. #criterion #bluray #elnorte #gregorynava #zaidesilviagutierrez #screenshot #12345 #immigrantexperience https://www.instagram.com/p/BrwRnNehefX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=139tp8zb99oii

[laqiya]

Dualidad #linocut print on watercolor . This print was inspired on a portrait of Ynca Garcilazo de la Vega, the first peruvian mestizo. Here, the print portrays the two sides of my identity as Peruvian-American. The woman's right side shows her indigenous peruvian roots through symbols such as the snake, the hair that turns into water, and the iconography etched into her skin. On the left, an assimilation process is seen as she has to hide the snake, the hair is cut and the iconography is hidden. Snakes often represented power and wisdom in ancient Peru, and often times immigrants' cultural capital is seen as not valuable to western society, forcing immigrants to hide their cultural capital. We as a society then miss out on the valuable contributions a multicultural society brings. By celebrating our diversity we can make a better tomorrow. . . #artmatters #representationmatters #latinxartist #immigrantexperience (at Self Help Graphics & Art)