Imagine that you are stuck in a foreign place where the health care is not enough for your child. Imagine that the doctors start talking about leukemia, and suddenly every day begins to count. Imagine having to do a medical evacuation, but instead of being sent home you get sent to another strange city where [...]
Step-parents play an important role in the lives of children. However, their identity as “parents” is frequently complicated and defined by a common fear and misconception: A step-parent can never replace a biological parent and is therefore ill-equipped to parent their step-child. As someone who grew up with two brothers, one who was step-parented by [...]
Last night I returned from Cairo, a city still in turmoil. TV screens across the city broadcast live feeds from Tahrir Square and other hotspots. Angry chants fill the air wherever you go including the airport lounges at Cairo International Airport. Young, old, Egyptian or foreigner – you simply cannot escape the anger in Egypt. [...]
Aslı Nemutlu Aslı 17 yaşında, sevdiği şeyi yaparken, kayak kayarken, aramızdan ayrıldı. Korkunç bir kaza onu bu dünyadan ve sevdiklerinden aldı. Ne yazık ki, Aslı’nın trajik ölümünden sonra, okulda yazdığı bir kompozisyonu, bir köşe yazarı tarafından ele alınarak, oldukça yargılayıcı ve hatalı bir yorum eşliğinde, Aslı’nın 17 yıllık kısa ama güzel hayatını ve ailesini gölgeleyecek [...]
Asli’s Flow Asli passed away at the age of seventeen while doing what she loved doing – skiing. A freak accident took her away from this world and her loved ones. Unfortunately, after Asli’s tragic passing one of her personal essay was picked up by a columnist and published together with a highly judgmental and [...]
Aslı Nemutlu A friend of mine lost a daughter at age 17 on a ski slope couple of weeks ago. She was in the Turkish national ski team. It is such a fulfilling event to support your child doing something they are passionate about – and then there is that freak accident that takes your [...]