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Istanbul 2010 blog carnival
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Anastasia Ashman Dec. 31, 2009.

 

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Thanks for this article, Craig. Just a breeze through (must.spend.more.time.on.SEO) and this shocker: "comments dilute keyword density". Good to know for my group blog which is mostly posts with comments, now to address somehow...
2 hours ago
Do you leave home to find yourself, or get lost? http://bit.ly/90gKJR
on Wednesday
Anastasia Ashman and Mark Shea are now friends
on Tuesday
can a photo capture the soul? http://bit.ly/arwpkB
on Monday
new expat+HAREM post: @bazaarbayar asks "How have you reinvented yourself?" http://bit.ly/cVTu1k
March 10
the high-stakes cultural gauntlet of meeting-the-parents in Istanbul, when you're a foreign woman with a Russian name http://bit.ly/95EAhX
March 9
Anastasia Ashman added a blog post
This weekend’s live-recorded call in the Dialogue2010 series left me reeling. Ten women scattered in Turkey, the Czech Republic, Italy and four U.S. states came together to discuss mapping the hybrid life, moderated by Rose Deniz. Orchid by A.Ash…
March 3
Is cultural jet lag an inherited trait? http://bit.ly/buOjJ4
March 3
What comes first, the hybrid self or the hybrid life? Are our most resonant peers made or born? http://bit.ly/9u352f
March 2
will you always be a tourist to the locals around you? http://bit.ly/bww0iK
February 25
Being 'grounded' is overratd http://bit.ly/cQYtET
February 18
How has your expatriatism shifted through place — and over time? http://bit.ly/aUeB2X
February 17
how do you express the real you in a foreign language? http://bit.ly/9v6tOQ
February 9
in an emigrant community progress comes through supporting the women http://bit.ly/bmr2ui
February 3
in the absence of context, everything looks like magic http://bit.ly/cS2bOT
January 29
whose cultural standard applies when you break a foreign friend's belonging? http://bit.ly/519dr6
January 24

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Name:
Anastasia Ashman
Location:
Istanbul Turkey
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Type of Blogger
Independent Blogger
The Destination(s) You Blog About and/or Areas of Interest
Istanbul and other Turkish locations
Kuala Lumpur and other Malaysian locations
global citizenry and location independence, identity adventuring, cultural exploration & enterprise
(have two blogs, the second is multi-author http://www.expatharem.com/)
Travel Type:
Walking Tours, Culinary, Wedding Destinations, Women's Travel, Arts and Culture, Photography, Spa Vacations

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Posted on March 2, 2010 at 6:30am —

Anastasia Ashman

What expat bloggers are made of

Last week I was honored to be included in a group of Cross-cultural and International Bloggers to Watch in 2010. This week as the guest curator in a review series at SheWrites, I'm pleased to note a few fellow expat bloggers. Members of the Ning network's blogging group… Continue

Posted on January 18, 2010 at 7:45am — 1 Comment

Anastasia Ashman

Istanbul fans: 2010 blog carnival



Travel bloggers,

I'm hosting a year-long blog carnival to celebrate Istanbul as… Continue

Posted on December 21, 2009 at 2:30am — 4 Comments

Anastasia Ashman

Nostalgic baggage

There's so much talk of movement these days, the advice on everyone's lips. Personally I'm charmed by the elegant momentum of agile living.

A young woman posed a question at here at TravelBlogExchange this month, asking round-the-world travelers and serial expats how they face their homesickness. She wants to be an expat one day soon, she wrote, but how can she leave her family and everything she knows?

Being abroad for long stretches -- some of… Continue

Posted on December 14, 2009 at 3:40pm — 3 Comments

Anastasia Ashman

Shophouse talk

This week at a global nomad dinner party -- guest list drawn up virtually by a mutual friend who met the diners all over the world -- I had the pleasure of chatting with an artist and his architect wife. Seattle-area residents, they spend a third of their time abroad in places like Kerala, India and the Neapolitan island of Procida, creating public art and advising governments on… Continue

Posted on December 3, 2009 at 3:30pm —

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At 8:37am on January 3, 2010, Johnica Reed said…
Nice to meet you as well! I'm @johnicareed on twitter.
At 4:43pm on October 21, 2009, Craig Martin said…
Hi Anastasia, nice to meet you and have a look around Expat Harem.
 
 

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