In the world of romance, globalisation brings a new dynamic to an age-old mystery

Written for Oasis magazine, Living in Egypt

Love is the home you find in someone, I wrote in the February issue of Oasis, followed by a dramatic sigh. For multicultural couples and expat couples from around the globe, it makes good romantic sense. No matter where you...

Usually when I write about multicultural relationships, I focus on the positive aspects. It is so fantastic, I write, to have a partner from a far flung land, to learn about a new culture up close and personal, and to create a cultural mosaic within your relationship...

Often I am asked about the best cultural combination for a GloLo relationship, a question to which there is no definitive answer. It really depends on the couple. The degree of affiliation you have to your culture, religion or ethnicity will make you more or less fle...

In this article, Heidi W. Durrow, author of the New York Times bestseller The Girl Who Fell From the Sky writes about interracial relationships and being an Afro-Viking. I thought it was interesting because I have always used the term ‘biracial’ to depict a GloLo colo...

Both the news and the gossip tabloids have been covering a story about American actress Kelly Rutherford who is engaged in a bitter custody battle with her ex-husband, German Daniel Giersch. They were married in 2006 and then in 2009, while Kelly was pregnant with the...

Living in Egypt Oasis magazine asked me to write about the secrets to a successful multicultural relationship for their July/August edition. Even though I wrote a book about multicultural relationships, I maintain that there is still no secret to it! Read the full art...

As odd as it may sound, I am actually cognisant of the first time I heard the expression ‘going native’. It was in an introductory social anthropology class I took during my first year of university. We were a group of budding sociologists, seven or perhaps eight wome...

At the risk of being excessively philosophical for a Wednesday afternoon, did you ever really think about the meaning of love? It may sound naïve but even though I wrote a book about the globalisation of love, I have given very little thought to the real meaning of lo...

Here is something I wrote for The Displaced Nation about the difference between the term ‘expat’ and ‘GloLo’.

At the risk of sounding like a snooty intellectual or immigrant diva, I think it’s time to clear up some confusion about the term ‚expat‘.

„Oh no, “ the featu...