Book Melancholy of the Tongue Genevieve Asenjo

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EDITORS NOTE SPRING 2025
Editor’s Note TFEM Spring 2025 : Efemérides

The Filipino Expat Magazine’s Spring 2025 Issue

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Consul General Roderico Atienza’s Love for Opera in Budapest

We are used to seeing them in their formal suits, working hard serving the Filipino communities in different parts of the world as members of the diplomatic corps. But what do our…

In rural Kenya most people speak their mother tongues but Swahili bridges the gap somewhat.
Adventures in Swahili

Her broken Swahili helped expat writer Agatha Verdadero escape an angry Somalian herder demanding payment for his stolen camels. When it comes to language gaffes, my favourite is that made by President…

Writing in Filipino language while in disapora
Column: Ulila sa Wika

Poet and writer Karessa Ramos examines our longing for speaking and hearing our mother-tongue while living abroad, our speechless way of communicating with one another, and how our Filipino identity is connected…

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Book Melancholy of the Tongue Genevieve Asenjo

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