A complex kind of love is one that depicts an immigrant’s story; there’s a love-hate relationship deeply intertwined as we grow of age, an interview with Mariam sharing the expat story of loving Lebanon from Afar as her career brings her to the Netherlands. Leaving the familiar and adjusting ears to a new language and social protocols as old and new realities knock on her door in her journey that echoes of home, family and identity.

What makes your music so special? That was the question that broke the barriers for Ting to discover her call to music and connect to her Filipino roots. This is an interview with a Filipina musician, known as Ting, who is born and raised in The Netherlands. She’s on a mission to release her Filipino debut album by Fall next year, who is the artist behind this soulful voice? Come find out in Episode 9 of The Pariah Peaks - Connecting Music and the Motherland.

Link to Ting’s crowdfunding:

https://www.voordekunst.nl/projecten/13006-help-me-realize-my-debut-album#donaties

Where do I begin? Loubelle is a Filipino-Canadian, daughter of Asian immigrant parents, a nurse in her previous career, a dancer, a blogger, a Tedx Speaker, an athlete, and many more layers to be uncovered. Her passion for constantly pursuing a limitless life is magnetic. Loubelle takes us to many personal beginnings and breakthroughs traversing from UAE to Canada and the Netherlands, the life that you dreamed of exists and is embedded in the palm of your hands. You just have to believe and seize it. Come listen to Episode 8 of Living Limitless with Loubelle. 

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“When you know, you know!” Something you would hear when you realize you’ve found The One. Introducing Allison, a Filipino raised in old Dubai who recalls the one dress that inspired her own wedding in Canada years later. No matter the number of moves and languages she had to learn, she chose to stick to her roots. Listen to learn more about A Filipino Wedding with Allison.

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Meet Mika, a gen Z Cebuano coming to the Philippines for further education; here she talks about learning Bisaya from scratch, outsider assumptions about the new girl in town, friendship in Uni 101, online studying, internships students have to pay for and a Cebu that’s exciting to visit. Listen to episode 6 of The Pariah Peaks, Memoirs of the New Girl, Mika.

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I’ve invited Hannah, my bestie who talks about life as a halfsie, the good stuff, the toxic tendencies, the power of the passport. Here she busts myths, highlights assumptions and expectations for a third culture kid with all its complexities based in UAE. Listen in to the 5th episode, The Halves of Hannah here on the Pariah Peaks!

“I wanted something different” and different was what he got, Saad was raised in Saudi Arabia, a place that was home for him and his family. A close-knit community, good schools, and decades of life faded very quickly all in his first year in university. An inspiring migration story that truly transitioned from stage to stage accompanied by challenges in distance and pandemic.

If you’re thinking of migrating or an immigrant of any generation, this story may resonate with you on many levels. Come listen in to The Pariah Peaks fourth episode - Migration Stages with Saad!

Meet Saad, Pakistani raised in Saudi Arabia and chose to study in Canada to experience something different. In this episode, he shares how his life happened in stages in the context of migration. Every step had a challenge. Did he make it to the end? Listen in.

Meet Gerard, also known as “Gebard” A 32-year-old Filipino man born in the Philippines, raised in UAE, and zig-zagged between Qatar and the Philippines in search of employment in the midst of pandemic. A three-year wait turned into a journey of self-improvement and reconnecting with family, the motherland, and a healthy reset.

This is episode 3 of The Pariah Peaks - Finding Gebard.

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