Global Cultures

Compassion is Human Business

Cultures, religions, people and places hold various norms and truths – a natural human need and behavior to bridge belonging and identity. One of my favorite quotes seems apropos today. It’s a small but important reminder that holds true across all groups and definitions: Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is [...]

September 11, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Somalia’s Famine: The Struggle Between Prediction and Prevention in International Aid Efforts

This is a guest post from TJCC regular contributor Stephanie Finigan. You can follow Stephanie on Twitter at @StephFini. It has been almost a month since the United Nations declared that Somalia and the surrounding areas are in the midst of a full-blown famine. Since then, it has been nearly impossible to escape the devastating [...]

August 20, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Finding Places In Books

This is a guest post written by independent writer and journalist Priyanka Sacheti. Growing up in Sultanate of Oman and studying in an international school, I would find myself encountering with great interest and curiosity between pages of books about those cultures vastly different to the cultural universe that I happened to inhabit. During my [...]

January 21, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

70 Ways To Say Merry Christmas

This morning, we were watching the footage of millions of people around the world descending on Jerusalem for the Christmas season. The reporters interviewed a woman from Georgia (Russia), the U.S., Nigeria and the Philippines, asking them how to say “Merry Christmas” in their language. My family and I started quizzing each other to see [...]

December 25, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

(w)Here In The World: Barcelona’s Brilliance On Thanksgiving

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.  – Maya Angelou I spent this past Thanksgiving in Barcelona – my fifth year in a row abroad on the [...]

December 8, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

Book Review: The Other Boleyn Girl

While I usually proactively seek out historical fiction like a mad woman, this time was different. Choosing to read The Other Boleyn Girl was a result of simply being book-less and in desperate need of a quality solution. I was at the airport on my way to Grand Cayman about six years ago. Historical fiction [...]

October 30, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

The Heart’s Cultural Divide

This is a guest post from poet and literary fiction writer, Cheryl Snell. You can read more from Cheryl on her blog. When I first began writing my multi-cultural novels, I wanted to explore the stage of life Indians call samsara, and how it affects characters caught in a culture-clash. I liked the sibilance of [...]

October 5, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

Announcing Rome: MMIX – A Book by Andrea Preziotti

I’m thrilled to announce the book launch of a dear friend – and TJCC contributor – Andrea Preziotti. A whiz with telling stories with both words and pictures, Andrea created and published her own amazing book: Rome: MMIX. As one who’s traveled to Italy numerous times, I have yet to find a book – or [...]

September 20, 2010 CONTINUE READING →
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