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COVID-19 Lockdown, Border Quarantine and Traditional Burial Rites in Igbo of South-Eastern Nigeria
(2020-05-30)
This essay demonstrates how cultural practices in some areas run in conflict with government policies on the control of the spread of COVID-19.
Cultural Transformation of Masks as Etiquette, Threat, and Prevention
(2020-05-30)
We reflect on our experiences with (not)wearing masks within different cultures and how these experiences have shifted across borders and time.
The Pandemic and the self
(2020-05-30)
Reflections on the self, spirituality, migrant workers, and confinement during the pandemic.
The Pandemic, India’s Lockdown and the Fear of the Indian-Americans
(2020-05-30)
This essay narrates the fear and anxiety faced by the Indian-Americans (NRI’s) about their parents and the elderly living in India as they navigate the ramifications of the lockdown in both India and the U.S.
This Quarantine Period
(2020-05-30)
I look at the origin of the word "quarantine" and its significance and note that the idea of quarantine is not new for women who hail the Tamil Brahmin community in South India.
“My loneliness is killing me”: Faculty contribution to international students’ ability to cope with COVID-19 isolation
(2020-06-02)
This essay addresses contributions faculty members could make in reducing students' experience of loneliness as well as actions students should take to be under faculty members' radar.
The Long Walk Home: The Covid-19 Triggered Migration of India’s Migrant Workers From The Cities To Their Homes
(2020-05-30)
The Long Walk Home: The Covid-19 Triggered Migration of India’s Migrant Workers From The Cities To Their Homes
Pandemic Enlightens
(2020-05-30)
Pandemic enlightens with lessons of cooperation, solidarity and humanity.
Helplessness
(2020-05-30)
A poem about the use of social media during the quarantine and how we can find hope in the matter.
Breaking Immigration Norms in the Age of COVID-19
(2020-06-05)
I reflect on the shifting nature of how refugees are rhetorically constituted in the disjunctive world of the contagion, intertwined with my own musings on my doctoral journey as a British-Syrian immigrant. I argue that ...