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Tuesday, June 24 2025

The Expat Diaries Part II: Feminism in Egypt

Kenady Kay 48 0

In my last article I talked about how my mother adapted to the intricate hierarchy of the Expat life, and her adjustments to becoming an expat wife. It was a struggle for her to adapt to the social hierarchy of […]

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The Expat Diaries Part I: Adapting to the Malaysian Hierarchy

Kenady Kay 67 0

Recently, a large compilation of e-mails have found their way into my possession. They are a collection of e-mails which my mother and grandmother exchanged while we lived overseas. I have affectionately come to call them The Expat Diaries. In […]

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Permanence and TCK Relationships

Kenady Kay 47 0

There comes a time in everyone’s life when you seek to discover how another human will fit into your life, if you want that, and how you might intertwine your future with theirs.   There are a lot of articles […]

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I am not an Army B.R.A.T. – A TCK Story

Kenady Kay 91 0

Catching up with Katie Piner is always a privilege. I have known Katie for ten years, we met in Cairo, Egypt where we both went to the American school, and graduated beneath the Giza Pyramids.   Katie is a Third […]

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The TCK Language: Miscommunication Builds Barriers

Kenady Kay 124 0

It’s hard to contribute your perspective when sometimes your perspective can sound to others like bragging. We’ve all been there, standing with a group of people who are talking, wanting to contribute, but feeling that if we do they might […]

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Apparently, Seasons Change: A Tropical TCK’s Perspective

Kenady Kay 42 0

When I remember Piasau Camp I remember vibrant Friday nights. The Boat Club was filled with all of my schoolmates running barefoot on the beach and playing cops and robbers in the playground. All of the parents sat around eating […]

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Expatriate Community Extinguished: Replaced with Nature Reserve

Kenady Kay 134 0

When I remember Piasau Camp I remember vibrant Friday nights. The Boat Club was filled with all of my schoolmates running barefoot on the beach and playing cops and robbers in the playground. All of the parents sat around eating […]

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So You Think You’re a World Citizen: A Global Identity

Kenady Kay 59 0

We’ve all seen the futuristic movies where people wake up in one country, commute across the world in the blink of an eye, meet up with friends for drinks on another continent, and zip back home for dinner. And I […]

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