by Maya Kraidy | Aug 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Airports are funny places – they remind you you’re in between worlds. Maybe it’s the waiting, or the liminal space of not quite being here nor there. As I sit in a quiet corner of SFO, now back in the U.S., I’m full of thoughts that only make sense now, at the end. ...
by Maya Kraidy | Aug 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello, all! I left you on a cliffhanger last time…in the end, I never did make it to Taumata Hill. I realized that in being such a long trip, I would need at least a day and a half to make it there and back, and in the midst of wrapping up my time in Aotearoa New...
by Maya Kraidy | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Kia ora! The above greeting, now a cornerstone of New Zealand English, is perhaps the most common te reo Māori phrase I’ve encountered in my week and a half in Auckland. Wishing good health, it appears everywhere – on storefronts, webpages, and in the opening lines...
by Maya Kraidy | Aug 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello from my final stop of this wonderful summer – Auckland, New Zealand! Although it’s summer from the perspective of Chicago – my start and endpoint – it’s a wet winter here in New Zealand. I haven’t just been circling the globe neatly eastward; I’ve been...
by Maya Kraidy | Aug 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
A full week has gone by since my interview with the Baybayin artist, and the more I uncover Manila, the more I wish I had time to explore other parts of the Philippines. I’ve learned that this beautiful country is made up of over 7,000 islands, all of which together...
