Category Archives: Cross-cultural learning moments

Karagöz wishes Yehuda Rebbe L’Shana Tova

Posted on September 18, 2012 by lizcameron

Karagöz, my impish and oppositional puppet, is very serious today, and this, my friends, is an unusual event. Karagöz, the little chorus of dancing ladies tell me, has decided to honor one of our sage puppet elders, Yehuda Rebbe, the … Continue reading →

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Pointing the way to Mecca: Karagöz questions how to share space on Turkish Airlines

Posted on August 24, 2012 by lizcameron

Before it registered that I was waking up in the airplane, mid-flight from Istanbul to New York, I could hear Karagöz swinging back and forth.  It was even more than an instant before I remembered that I was returning home … Continue reading →

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Death in America, Death in Turkey: The Karagöz puppets work on cultural awareness

Posted on August 23, 2012 by lizcameron

Once nestled into every imaginable nook and cranny of the space in and around our airplane seats, the Karagöz puppet troupe breathed a sigh of relief at making it through the security lines unscathed and relatively un-bothered, all things considered.Karagöz … Continue reading →

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