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03/20/2018
How I Came Up With the Name Foreignish
The first names I could think of were embarrassing.
03/28/2018
A Precarious Visa Situation Makes You Vulnerable at Work
I tolerated bullying at my first journalism job.
02/18/2019
People Mispronounce My Foreign Name But It’s Partly My Fault
When people butcher my name, I don't correct them for fear of making them uncomfortable.
04/01/2019
Working-With-Editors Fatigue: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
A debilitating condition which affects as many as 75 percent of writers and journalists worldwide
05/13/2019
How I Made the Foreignish Logo
Designing a logo looks easy until you try doing it yourself.
06/02/2019
How I Found My Creative Voice in a Foreign Language
Developing a unique writing style is hard enough, but what if you have to do it in a foreign language?
03/21/2020
Despite the Stigma, I Self-Published My First Book—a Collection of Personal Essays on Immigration
For many diverse writers, self-publishing is the only route to publication.
06/19/2021
Rejecting The Single Immigrant Story
There's no such thing as The Immigrant Story. There are numerous immigrant stories.
04/13/2022
Don’t Be the Voice of the Voiceless, Even If You’re a Minority
We, the voiceless, are already speaking for ourselves.
04/26/2025
Breaking Up With New York, Once and For All
And with journalism.
06/11/2025
Why I Vanished
I didn’t plan to disappear without warning. It just happened that way.
09/17/2026
In My Move to Europe, I Lost All My Journals
It took only a few minutes to destroy my entire life's diaries.