Why I call Australia 'Home'? A transmigrant's perspective
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
M/C - Media and Culture
Faculty
Faculty of Education and Arts
School
School of Communications and Contemporary Arts
RAS ID
3992
Abstract
I am a transmigrant who has moved back and forth between the West and the Rest. I was born and raised in a Muslim family in a predominantly Muslim country, Bangladesh, but I spent several years of my childhood in Pakistan. After my marriage, I lived in the United States for a year and a half, the Middle East for 5 years, Australia for three years, back to the Middle East for another 5 years, then, finally, in Australia for the last 12 years. I speak Bengali (my mother tongue), Urdu (which I learnt in Pakistan), a bit of Arabic (learnt in the Middle East); but English has always been my medium of instruction. So where is home? Is it my place of origin, the Muslim umma, or my land of settlement? Or is it my ‘root’ or my ‘route’ (Blunt and Dowling)?
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Kabir, N. (2007). Why I call Australia ‘Home’? A transmigrant’s perspective. M/C Journal, 10(4). Available here