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Lena Rexhepi
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But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to DenmarkLena RexhepiWhat does it mean to belong somewhere when the world keeps reminding you that you're a foreigner?
In "But Where Are You Really From? — Foreign There, Foreign Here. From Kosovo to Denmark", I explore identity, belonging, surviving war, and the complicated experience of growing up between cultures.
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In "But Where Are You Really From? — Foreign There, Foreign Here. From Kosovo to Denmark", I explore identity, belonging, surviving war, and the complicated experience of growing up between cultures.
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As an Albanian reader and a new author myself, having recently published But Where Are You Really From? Foreign There, Foreign Here: From Kosovo to Denmark, a war survivor and an avid reader of Albanian history and culture, I am honestly appalled by ...more |
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I honestly cannot understand how this book has received so much acclaim. I was recommended it by a bookstore owner who mistakenly thought the writer w
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“IT´S NOT ALWAYS THAT I FEEL DIFFERENT. I AM JUST REMINDED OF IT.
CONSTANTLY.
THAT BELONGING HAS CONDITIONS”.”
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
CONSTANTLY.
THAT BELONGING HAS CONDITIONS”.”
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
“MY EMPATHY IS NOT A VIRTUE, IT´S THE SCAR OF MY SURVIVAL”.”
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
“Where is home when you´re told to go back home?”
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
“Where is home when you´re told to go back home?”
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
“To belong everywhere and nowhere at the same time. To carry one home in memory and another in daily life!”
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
“MY EMPATHY IS NOT A VIRTUE, IT´S THE SCAR OF MY SURVIVAL”.”
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
“A refugee does not leave their homeland for fun. They leave to save their lives”
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
“IT´S NOT ALWAYS THAT I FEEL DIFFERENT. I AM JUST REMINDED OF IT.
CONSTANTLY.
THAT BELONGING HAS CONDITIONS”.”
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
CONSTANTLY.
THAT BELONGING HAS CONDITIONS”.”
― But Where Are You Really From?: Foreign there, Foreign here: From Kosovo to Denmark
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