October 25, 2017
Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres? In English or Spanish, this question seems to inevitably permeate any conversation in a new space I inhabit. In the United States, my brown skin gives me away as the “other” and people ask “Where are you from?”…
October 24, 2017
On October 22, 2017 Japanese voters headed to the polls to cast their ballots for members of the House of Representatives. As a Japanese and government double major, I immediately began to consider the ways in which this election could be compared…
October 23, 2017
As my professors often quip, Jordanians are nosy people. At a time when fewer foreigners, especially Americans, are traveling to the Middle East, people are even more curious about who you are and why you’re visiting. I experienced this questioning…
