cross cultural

  Saja Kamal is an insta-famous activist and feminist engaged in many global platforms. Apart from her public life, Kamal grew up with a twist. She is from a Saudi Arabian father, Rami Kamal, and a Palestinian mother, Fatin Lababidi. […]

Omo and Eulanda Osagiede take readers on intimate adventures through countries around the world with their travel blog Hey! Dip Your Toes In. Through the art of storytelling, the couple introduces readers to delectable foreign cuisine, interesting national histories, incredible […]

Fauna Hodel has dedicated her life to overcoming color. Her mission is to share “the color of love,” as she says, she’s “so over the race card.”  A caucasian-American who was raised by a black family in segregation era Reno […]

We continue with part two of the three-part series on Sydney Shalz’s intercultural modern family.  Shalz’s mother is Caucasian American, while her stepfather was born in Mexico and speaks fluent Spanish and English.  Her older stepbrother (whom she considers her […]

Sydney Shalz’s family is like many of today – it truly is a modern blended family made of hers, his and ours.  The blonde-haired, green-eyed beauty and her family also have a cultural twist that makes Shalz and her siblings […]

We continue with the final of a three-part series on Sydney Shalz’s intercultural modern family and how growing up in that family has affected her world view. “It was much different for me because I grew up in white America […]

New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week both have influenced the fashion industry trends in different ways. Paris has historically been the “cradle” of the fashion industry even though New York Fashion week was established first. New York Fashion […]

Flamenco, a form of both dance and music, originates from southern Spain. It’s an art form and includes not only dance, but guitar playing, singing and jaleo (finger snapping and handclapping). A well-known Spanish flamenco artist, Paco de Lucía (1947-2014), […]