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How do you say “I’m lost” in Khmer?
"Neak dtoe na?" (where are you going?), the old women in headscarves waved to me as they stirred…
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A world away in the province
The rusty ferry moaned, thick smoke bellowing from its smokestack into the air over the Tonle Sap River…
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A touch of sweetness in Phnom Penh
When I think of Cambodian dessert, I don’t think of cake. I think of mango. Or sticky rice.…
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Black and white for Thanksgiving…The mourning after
This Thanksgiving Day, I am wearing black and white. No turkey, pumpkin pie or celebrations around a dinner…
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Amid the tragedy, good news for Sarim
A child’s tiny sandal lay half-buried in mud and garbage, a tragic reminder of the stampede on Phnom…
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Velcro, Crackhead and me
The nervous tics and the errant speech patterns were dead giveaways that something was sorely amiss with the…