Commentary
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9.7KDarren Touch’s advice for young people considering community involvement
My two-year term as President of the Cambodian Association of the Ottawa Valley came to a conclusion at our Annual General Members...
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8.4KConviction of Khmer Rouge leaders raises interconnected definitions of justice
August 7, 2014 marked a momentous event in Cambodia’s contemporary history. Finally the nation and the world learned the outcome for Case...
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5.6K“Superhero”: a Cambodian American’s first Halloween
By Shawn Chan, illustrated by Aragna Ker “Superhero” (an immigrant child’s first Halloween) As a child my heroes were Batman, Superman, Spiderman,...
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4.8KKhmer-I-Can by Kelley Pheng
They said we’d never amount to anything But drug dealers and thugs We told ourselves the same things Amongst each other we...
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4.9KCircular migrants: comparing Cambodian returnees from France and America
By Gea Wijers Special to Khmerican Columnist’s note: After almost a year of sharing case studies from my research on Cambodian French and...
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3.1KVenerable Song: a Buddhist inspiration for change
By Gea Wijers Special to Khmerican Amsterdam, the Netherlands – For most of the year, Venerable Song lives in his apartment on the...
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3.0KMr. Kim: from the banks of the Mekong to the center of France
By Gea Wijers Special to Khmerican Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Cambodian French Mr. Kim would call himself a nationalist, but in a positive sense....
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4.3KLowell city council decision belies unity, progress of Cambodian American community
A letter to the editor, from a concerned Cambodian citizen of Lowell: Lowell, Massachusetts, is the second largest community of Cambodian Americans...
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3.8K‘Humanity’ demanded for man shot by police
Long Beach, CA — Over 60 demonstrators demanded “humanity for Sokha” outside of St. Mary’s Hospital on January 13, 2013. Monday...
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3.0KMadam Ton: from teaching to Cambodian politics
By Gea Wijers Special to Khmerican Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Mme. Ton (born in 1959) left Cambodia when she was 16 years old...
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3.1KDoctor Tim: a large fish in a small pond
By Gea Wijers Special to Khmerican Amsterdam, the Netherlands – The Cambodian French returnee Doctor Tim (born in 1948) has nearly 30 years of...