By Nilufar Kayhani I am proud to call myself Afghan. However, Afghanistan, the country I call home, is one I have never even visited. I’m not alone in this experience, many other children of the Afghan diaspora are like me. As a child growing up in the United States, I…

By Batul Aledlah Preface This first section is an excerpt from my Berkeley Cultures and Communities Policy Brief titled, Turath: Examining the Rich Cultural Heritage of Yemen and its Diaspora, which I believe is very significant in understanding the rich history of coffee in Yemen. Qahwa Yemen is home to…

By Mehnaz Grewal Modeled after Anthony Bourdain’s “The Perfect Day in Amritsar” Lalton Khurd is a village of around 1,436 people somewhere in the middle of Punjab, India. It is located in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, the largest city in Punjab, India. As are many Punjabi villages, it is…

By Alein Y. Haro Background During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity increased, particularly among people facing job loss or new economic stressors associated with the pandemic’s economic fallout. Simultaneously, some groups already experienced economic instability even before the pandemic. For example, immigrants have been overrepresented in…

By Erandi Garcia and Meysi Ramon Lack of language accessibility at the US borders can prove to be more perilous than the arduous journey some of the migrants have undertaken to reach the border. Being able to communicate and be understood is a privilege one often overlooks. Take Mario Perez…

By Katerina Linos & Elena Chachko More than 100 million people are displaced today, the highest number on record. And yet, there is reason for hope. The international response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis is pathbreaking, and a model for sharing responsibility for refugees globally. …

By: Lilian Juarez Armenta, Karla Gutierrez Cebrero, Jiban Gurung Lilian was proud of herself when she received her admission letter to study political science at the University of California, Berkeley, the no.1 school in the United States. However, unlike most undergraduates admitted to UC Berkeley, Lilian is an undocumented immigrant…

“Trauma leaves marks even if somebody is resilient through it… weathering something does leave a mark, leaves physical and psychological imprints, and it can’t always, or even often, be completely erased or reversed.” While individual experiences may…

By Els de Graauw, Shannon Gleeson, and Nicole Kreisberg Following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, more than 75,000 Afghans have been relocated to the United States. For now, there is broad public support for these Afghan evacuees. However, concerns over the fiscal impacts of resettlement could create backlash, as happened…