Countries:
Bahrain
Topics:
Diaspora
Languages:
English

Ashish Gorde, who grew up as an “expat kid” in Bahrain, is always amazed at the negative generalisations people make about such children - and prefers to think of the positive: “Not having a place we can call our own is a blessing in disguise because it has protected us from xenophobia, parochialism and narrow loyalties to one's ethnic background.”

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