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The Politeness Word in Different Cultures and Languages
Arabic | Chinese | Culture | Editorial | Farsi | French | Italian | Korean | Languages | Spanish | Swahili

The Politeness Word in Different Cultures and Languages

ByDana Hooshmand October 11, 2020October 23, 2020

The “politeness” word in many different languages.

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Three Languages to Learn to Combat Xenophobia
Culture | Editorial | Language Learning | Languages

Three Languages to Learn to Combat Xenophobia

ByDana Hooshmand April 10, 2020January 19, 2021

Fight global xenophobia by learning a new language. These are our top three recommendations.

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Fleeing the Coronavirus Pandemic in Colombia for Australia
Colombia | Editorial | Travel

Fleeing the Coronavirus Pandemic in Colombia for Australia

ByDana Hooshmand March 26, 2020March 27, 2020

How we fled the coronavirus pandemic in Colombia and returned safely to Australia.

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The Colombian/Venezuelan Crisis Explained Simply
Colombia | Culture | Editorial

The Colombian/Venezuelan Crisis Explained Simply

ByDana Hooshmand March 18, 2020March 29, 2020

The Venezuelan Refugee crisis in Colombia – why 3-4,000 Venezuelans are fleeing a collapsed economy, how it happened, and how Colombia is helping.

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Love in the Time of Corona
Editorial | Travel

Love in the Time of Corona

ByDana Hooshmand March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

Life is temporarily hard for some of us as we go through the Coronavirus (CoViD-19) scare. But life was always hard for most of us.

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Learning to Dance Salsa in Cali, Colombia… in 60 Days
Colombia | Culture | Dancing | Editorial | Travel

Learning to Dance Salsa in Cali, Colombia… in 60 Days

ByDana Hooshmand February 28, 2020December 19, 2020

Dancing Salsa in Colombia in One Month (one month of two month update).

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The Nine Most Spoken Languages in Africa
Languages | Africa | Arabic | Editorial

The Nine Most Spoken Languages in Africa

ByDana Hooshmand February 8, 2020September 14, 2020

The most spoken languages in Africa – what they are, why they’re hard to count, and which one(s) you should learn.

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Reflections on a Year of Learning Languages
Editorial | Language Learning | Languages | Travel

Reflections on a Year of Learning Languages

ByDana Hooshmand January 22, 2020February 29, 2020

What we’ve learned from a year of learning languages and travelling.

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The Trash Just Outside the Frame
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The Trash Just Outside the Frame

ByDana Hooshmand November 18, 2019March 1, 2020

What happens to plastics we buy? This is where it goes: trash fires, beaches, and dumps around the world. This is the “Trash Outside the Frame”.

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2020: The year of “Going Home”
Travel | Editorial

2020: The year of “Going Home”

ByDana Hooshmand October 23, 2019October 23, 2019

2020 – the year of “Going Home” to Korea and Central Asia. And maybe… regional Australia.

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