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Continue reading →: Celebrating The Orthodox Easter In MoldovaComing from a country with relatively strong cultural homogeneity, I began to develop cultural sensitivity during my second year of university, after my first experience of living abroad. Only then did I truly cultivate an appreciation for cultural melting pots. Later on, as I chose to remain an expat (or…
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Continue reading →: Jajangmyeon In South Korea – Black Noodles To Lament ‘Singlehood’In South Korea, April 14th has become an unofficial ‘celebration’ of singlehood, known as Black Day, when single people gather with friends to eat black noodles together, symbolizing shared consolation over not being in a romantic relationship. The custom of eating the black noodle dish—jajangmyeon (짜장면) in Korean—on April 14th…
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Continue reading →: Maqluba: The Upside-Down Dish Eaten Across The LevantAnyone who has tasted Arabic food at least once in their lifetime will agree that the Middle East is the birthplace of some of the world’s best dishes. Culturally influenced by the Eastern trade routes, one can only look in astonishment at the diversity of ingredients and spices used in…
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Continue reading →: Why ‘Adolescence’ is Shattering UsLike many others, I watched the viral British programme, glued to the screen until the very end. Before that, I hadn’t given the Netflix poster much attention—only when a renowned journalist from my motherland wrote a page-long Facebook post about it did I decide to watch it that very night.…
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Continue reading →: The Tomato From My Grandparents’ GardenAs a matter of fact, childhood offers some of the purest moments of joy experienced by an individual. Whether it was twelve, twenty, or even fifty years ago, these memories from the early stages of our understanding continue to follow us, refusing to vanish into the darkness. In this story,…
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Continue reading →: Why Has Korean Skincare Become So Popular?Korean skincare products have become a beloved trend among women of all ages, thanks to the global popularization of the country’s music and film industry. Although not a new phenomenon, K-beauty has gained significant awareness in recent years, primarily due to its promotion on social media platforms like TikTok, where…
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Continue reading →: Khodorkovsky’s 10 Years In Jail For Confronting PutinFor anyone unfamiliar with the name Mikhail Khodorkovsky, he was once a multi-billionaire and one of Russia’s leading industrialists in the oil sector. Shortly after publicly confronting Vladimir Putin in 2003 over high-level corruption in the oil industry, Khodorkovsky’s company, Yukos—then Russia’s second-largest oil producer—was seized and later dismantled by…
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Continue reading →: All About “The Gold Of The North”Before leaving Lithuania, we went to Vilnius Old Town for the last time. Its beautiful historical buildings, arranged along intertwined streets, won our hearts forever. It was then that my husband and I made an arbitrary decision to enter an amber shop we discovered, hidden under the dim streetlight. Although…
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Continue reading →: Can You Stay Sane In Times Of Madness?The world watches in appalled silence as international law erodes and populists rise—power-gripping authoritarians determined to rewrite history, quite literally. More worryingly, however, is the fact that ordinary people seem powerless in the face of this unfolding madness. By madness, I mean the shifting of power, business tycoons openly meddling…
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Continue reading →: Mărțișor: The Origins & Symbolism Of An Ancient TraditionIn Romania, Bulgaria, and other parts of the Balkan region, the arrival of spring is symbolized by a red thread intertwined with a white one. This is worn on the chest as a brooch or around the wrist as a bracelet until the first migratory birds appear, at which point…
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