“Hey, that’s an Arabic name!” -”Yes.”
“Do you speak Arabic?” -”No”
“Not a single word?” -”No.”
“Where are your parents from?” -”This is my mother’s mother and my father is from Palestine.”
“Palestine!?” The taxi driver’s eyes begin to dance. “I’m also from Palestine!”
This starts a whole slew of questions about family, background, and religious belief. Questions I’ve heard Continue Reading

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The 24th of March is the anniversary of the 1976 military putsch in Argentina. This is not a reason to celebrate but it does represent a chance to look back, and remember. The military made tens of thousands people disappeared - had them murdered – during the 1976-1983 dictatorship. Although that dictatorship is history, the Continue Reading