"These small spaces felt like home to me, and the stories I heard from the people in them drew me in even more."
Immigrant Report is an online publication celebrating the immigrants of this country through their stories, art, and ideas.
Immigrant Report is an online publication celebrating the immigrants of this country through their stories, art, and ideas.
"These small spaces felt like home to me, and the stories I heard from the people in them drew me in even more."
An interview: Nur Bepary does not need English to run his successful auto-repair shop. Instead he has tapped into the diversity of Queens with a staff and loyal customers from around the world who have all made NYC home.
"Statistics do not tell the story of immigration. People do... The challenges we face today are not new. Only the stories are."
"My parents fled for us." A writer reflects on the sacrifices her parents made and her own place in the American tapestry.
The continuing story of Betty Roque: "My arrival to this country was an odyssey completely different from what I imagined."
Chelaka Gunamuni, the "mad scientist/chef" behind the popular Sri Lankan restaurant Kottu House, shares a summer recipe
Teow Lim Goh's Islanders is poetry that blends politics and intimacy through the histories of Chinese immigrants and her own legacy.
A portrait series: "I wanted my project to be a means of looking more deeply into our definition and assumptions about the term immigrant."
An inspiring relative sits down with Christine Bolaños to recount her harrowing past in El Salvador and her determination to start anew.
The Syrian cooking tradition is one of the oldest in the world. Cooking ingredients are varied and dishes are full of heart flavors and aromatic spices. Like many people, I learned authentic Syrian cooking from my mom, and from relatives and friends...
It was springtime. The sweet perfume of the wisteria dominated the whole street. I approached the house and climbed stairs that were covered by the wisteria in full bloom. The canopy was still intact. The grape- like flowers dangled from the canopy like lanterns...
“That’s a four.”
“That’s a six!”
I am 13 years old and I am playing cricket. I’ve discovered that when I make a hit, I can
get some decent distance. I seldom make the hit....
Born in New Delhi, India to Malayalee parents from Kerala, Nishi Rajan moved with her family to New York when she was five and quickly found her voice – from singing in church until she was singing for the world...
a comic blog chronicling our day-to-day antics as a newly-wedded, nerdy, interracial couple.
Khalid’s eyebrows fly up to meet the brim of his checked flatcap. “No, no we don’t want to talk about anything.” He throws his hands up in mock dismay, but I think he’s got actual suspicions. This has been my bodega since middle school...
Leap, and a net will appear. I had come across this saying a while ago and it has been my motto ever since. My encounter with my newly found sister and what ensued in the following few months were just that. We took a leap and a net did appear!
A true source of delight in our life at this time was our pet pigeon Tipi (pronounced tee-pee). I have to tell you about him because he was a real character. As I mentioned, in front of our little pioneer house were two enormous palm trees. Nobody had taken care of them for a long time before we got there...
At the heart of almost every Cuban-American family is a tragedy. Most of us were torn apart from loved ones by the passions of ideology. In some cases, this included fear of reprisals and imprisonment. Many also lost personal property. Wounds like these do not heal easily. So my first visit to Cuba after 52 years in exile began with heavy apprehensions...