PINOY LIFE ABROAD
Despite breaking through stereotypes, the image Filipinas in Egypt as a meek wife and a domestic helper persists, that it has even become an adjective. Sometime before the COVID pandemic, I met…
We, the displaced Filipinos abroad, harbor some fears as we go through our lives outside our beautiful islands. What are the things migrants fear? Losing our jobs? Our passport? Our cellphone? Afraid…
When an Italian teacher told columnist Elisha Hidalgo that her child should only speak Italian, she re-evaluated the role of language in the lives of Filipino expat children, and made a plan…