In the winter of 2008, Collin Ishaq traveled from Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates to work as an air-side operator at Dubai’s international airport. He moved into a shared room in an industrial dormitory, known as a labor camp, that was built to accommodate a wave of migrant workers coming from South Asia. His […]
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This Country's Rags-to-Riches Story Is Making It Africa's New BFF
Almost every story about China in Africa features a reporter strolling down a hilly road with a local kid trailing behind, shouting, “Ni hao! Ni hao!” True, this has happened to me, and the Chinese presence on the continent is striking. But today there’s another East Asian language cropping up — “Anyong haseyo!” the young […]
