When you’re new to any country with a language other than your mother tongue, there will be a period where you know enough of the language to get yourself into a conversation, but not enough to understand what is being said or how to respond. In these scenarios, the smile-and-nod technique is …

It is time for Stockholm’s Gay Choir´s traditional Christmas concert! Together with women’s choir Sapphonia they will hold two concerts at Saint Göran’s Church on Kungsholmen in Stockholm – a perfect way to start Christmas. This year the theme is Christmas Around the World, and the choirs …

A book for healing the wounds of displacement   Sarah’s Journey is truly a book with a heart. Born out of the imagination of its creator, Imad Elabdala, it has just been released on Kickstarter. Imad, himself a Syrian refugee who came to Sweden 3 years ago, has been on the same journey as…

Every language has its very own way to stall a conversation. When the speaker suddenly comes to a halt because the brain can’t keep up, there is this short buffer time, which gets filled with a set phrase. In this case I’m not talking about uhms and ehs. But about actual words or sentenc…