Raimon : Interview with Catalan Protest Musician

When I flew over to Spain to interview famous protest music artist, Ramon Pelegero Sanchis, better known as Raimon, I had many expectations. Touching down in Valencia, somewhere that is well known for endless sunny days, I learnt found many new things.To address my first expectation, it was an unusually foggy day in the small town of Xàvita, Raimon's home town and the place in which he had chosen for this meeting. We settled down in a small restaurant...

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The Importance of Mother Tongue

As any bi-lingual (or multi-lingual) person would know, balancing more than one language is difficult. In an ever-changing world with languages developing and spreading each day, it can be even more difficult to stick to one's mother tongue. In things such as communication and the pursue of education or work, we often accustom ourselves to other languages. This means that we slowly lose our connection to our home language. In my opinion, our home...

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Introduction

Introductions have always been difficult for me, how can someone sum up themselves in enough words but make sure not to bore whoever is listening (or reading in this case). But here we go: My name is Farah, I'm Palestinian, of Australian nationality, but I've lived in United Arab Emirates for my whole life. I was born in Sydney, but my earliest memory was in the city which seemed like the city of dreams, Dubai. And it was to me, the city of dreams,...

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