twiceastranger.org http://www.twiceastranger.org Mon, 31 May 2010 14:52:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Twice A Stranger http://www.twiceastranger.org/twice-a-stranger http://www.twiceastranger.org/twice-a-stranger#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:46:22 +0000 admin http://www.twiceastranger.org/?p=158 There are 10 of us and we are all living in countries other than the ones we were born in. We wish to explore the theme of “The Other”, a subject pertinent to each of our identities.

Twice A Stranger aims to shed a light on the ongoing global phenomena of mass immigration.

Twice A Stranger aims to recognize, celebrate and affirm different cultural identities and values within our society in order to promote co-existence between equal individuals.

The name Twice A Stranger is from a poem written by Professor Ayşe Lahur Kırtunç. Below is the Turkish version of this poem

İki Kere Yabancı

Geç kaldık anıları kaybetmeye
o ilk malzeme yitti gitti
ilk mübadiller götürdüler anılarını
oysa onlar hemen kaydedilmeliydi
üzerinden seksen yıl geçtikten sonra
ani savaşları
her türlü manipulasyona açık
Mübadeleyle ilgili her metnin özü aynı:
“Yerinde doğup yabanda kocamak”
iki yerde de yabancı olmak.

Ayşe Lahur Kırtunç

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