Category Archives: Cross-cultural learning moments

Karagöz and Hacivad Navigate Our Road to Gelibolu

Posted on July 27, 2011 by lizcameron

Dust is all around us.  It is coming through the AC vent into the car.  I think about one of the women I am named for, the author of The Flame Trees of Thika, and her description of getting coated in … Continue reading →

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Karagöz daydream #1: Crossing from west to east

Posted on July 27, 2011 by lizcameron

I am five days into my first trip to Turkey, it is 2004. Sitting on a boat in the middle of the Bosporus, I am trying not to cry. My boyfriend is holding my hand and ordering tea for me … Continue reading →

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Cross-cultural marriage on the road: Karagöz shadow puppets as backseat drivers

Posted on July 26, 2011 by lizcameron

There is a common saying in Turkey “Yavaş, yavaş,” pronounced “yavash, yavash,” which, when translated directly, comes out as “slowly by slowly.” At first, I thought that this phrase was appropriate for use during a careening ride with my husband … Continue reading →

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