by Ingrid van Ginkel | Khmer Reflections
Editors note: Ingrid van Ginkel has lived, worked, and traveled throughout Southeast Asia. She is now moving to Siem Reap, Cambodia, to be near her daughter, Debbie-Lee Van Ginkel, a beloved dancer and Nia teacher. Her Simply Ingrid blog is a photo/essay reflection of...
by Haley Jacobson Sothy Than | Khmer Reflections, Magazine
Editor’s Note: Haley and Sothy personify the spirit of Cambodia. In their presence, you catch a sense of joy, astonishment, and curiosity. Each in their own way is a storyteller and story is the juice that energizes all our comings and goings. Sothy carries an...
by Chath pierSath | Khmer Reflections, Magazine
Photo of Reaksmey Yean courtesy of រូបថត | ©Norm Phanith, 2017 Why we need a language for art I am a Cambodian-American. Though I speak Khmer, I cannot read and write. I don’t have access to the intellectual history nor the linguistic development of the Khmer...
by Sokunthea Oum | Khmer Reflections, Magazine
As a survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide and having benefited from growing up in the US, I feel it’s my life mission to share my experience and learning with everyone around me and those back in my home country. – Sokunthea Oum Seeking Answers Why you outlived...
by Phina So | Khmer Reflections, Magazine
Some people are genuinely curious while some others mockingly ask ‘You studied social work. Why did you become a writer? ‘Well, maybe I want to contribute to a social issue I’ve observed?’, I toss back. Yet the questions haunted me. Why do I write? The more I...
by Chath pierSath | Khmer Reflections, Magazine, Poetry
By Chath pierSath As a Khmer writer and poet living in the U.S., I straddle two worlds. I write while torn by confusion about where home is, the risk of stagnation, and the danger of being a body in stasis, writing with a mind in constant grief and a heart...
