Posts tagged
repatriation
Culture Shock: The Land of Plenty, or The Land of Grossly Too Much?
Culture shock sucks, especially because you never see it coming. There are things that you expect, like not knowing the latest music fad or who’s dating whom in Hollywood. But culture shock isn’t about petty ignorance of pop culture; it’s […]
The Expat Diaries Part III: Repatriation in Texas
In my last articles I talked about my mothers experience as a new expat in Malaysia and her struggles with social expectations, and her defiance for independence in Egypt. After seven years of living overseas, my mom was determined to […]