Yaldaz Sadakova
09/17/2026
It took only a few minutes to destroy my entire life's diaries.
02/23/2024
I've forgotten my mother tongue and I feel like a different person when I switch languages.
09/23/2023
Studying for the Canadian citizenship test exposed me to a misleading story about how Canada came to be.
04/17/2022
To defy my patriarchal upbringing, I refused to cook—until I adopted a plant-based diet.
04/13/2022
We, the voiceless, are already speaking for ourselves.
12/01/2021
I’ve changed countries and languages, but my attachment style has remained the same.
06/19/2021
There's no such thing as The Immigrant Story. There are numerous immigrant stories.
04/10/2021
Being a citizen of the world isn't about traveling, which is only accessible to a privileged few.
04/02/2020
The camp is cloaked by darkness. In the distance, somewhere behind the woods, a train honks its horn, the sole reminder of the outside world. I’m relieved: this is going to be the last meditation of the day.
03/21/2020
For many diverse writers, self-publishing is the only route to publication.
01/14/2020
When you simultaneously inhabit the worlds of poverty and privilege.
08/21/2019
To an immigrant, the suburbs can be soul-crushing.
06/02/2019
Developing a unique writing style is hard enough, but what if you have to do it in a foreign language?
05/13/2019
Designing a logo looks easy until you try doing it yourself.
05/04/2019
I live an ocean away from my mom. Reunions make our separation harder.
04/01/2019
A debilitating condition which affects as many as 75 percent of writers and journalists worldwide
02/18/2019
When people butcher my name, I don't correct them for fear of making them uncomfortable.
08/27/2018
The answer won't reveal much anyway. There's a better question. No, it's not "What's your background?"
07/16/2018
You’re not entitled to global career dreams and wanderlust if you belong to the underclass of shitty passport holders.
07/06/2018
My EU passport gives me an enormous privilege—a privilege I didn't work for.
03/28/2018
I tolerated bullying at my first journalism job.
01/24/2018
You move somewhere new and by the time you make friends there, you leave the country. Or your friends leave the country. I gravitate towards people who like to leave.