Morjes!

Welcome to my blog. I write about fitting in, sticking out, and missing the motherland as a serial foreigner.

September 11th, outsourced

How to survive a mass shooting. [HT Jeremy]

Here's an app that lets your friends walk you home from afar.

Map fun with truesize.com. You can easily compare the relative sizes of different countries (and US states). [HT Andrew]

The Syrian [probably actually Iraqi] man whose photo you've probably seen - the one where he's clutching his child and crying as his boat makes it safely to Greece - is now settled in Germany. His family looks so happy.

A photo series from The Atlantic about the journey of refugees.

I found this woman's story of her childhood escape from Romania to be very interesting and timely.

Debunking refugee memes. [HT Andrew]

To end on a light note: I enjoyed these 20 shower thoughts, especially the one about space bars and Youtube, and Sweden vs. Denmark. I could turn that one over in my mind forever. I get how it works, it just also blows my mind. Reddit found other pairings, too, like Poland vs. Andorra, or Bhutan vs. Tanzania.

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