Amid the chatter of travel’s long-awaited rebound one year into the pandemic, many families with children feel largely left out of the conversation.
Tag: Families and Family Life
Memoir by Amos Oz’s Daughter Divides Family and Shocks Israel
“He told me I was filth,” Galia Oz writes in her book, “Something Disguised as Love,” among other accusations of physical and emotional abuse. Her mother and siblings have defended their late father.
Her New Life Started With a Robbery on a First Date
Nine months after she fled Syria, Maisam met Marvin in Germany. Their relationship gave her a surrogate family while she was separated from her own.
The Case of the Serial Sperm Donor
One man, hundreds of children and a burning question: Why?
Families of Indonesia Plane Crash Victims Begin Their Anguished Goodbyes
The authorities continue to piece together what happened aboard Sriwijaya Air Flight 182. For many victims’ families, the uncertainty has added to immeasurable grief.
Pandemic Disrupts South Korean Adoptee Reunions, but Some Find a Way
For members of the world’s largest diaspora of adoptees, returning to the country of their birth was a rite of passage — until the coronavirus pandemic changed everything. Some found a way to make the trip anyway.
A Police Swarm. Frantic Calls. Then 3,000 People Locked Inside.
On July 4, Australia’s second-largest city went into lockdown. But residents of nine public housing towers were singled out for even stricter treatment, leading many to suspect discrimination.
For French-Algerian Families, Virus Disrupts Cherished Summer Ritual
Holidays in Algeria are a cornerstone of the cross-cultural identity of many French people with roots there. This year, they are stuck at home, and the pain is acute: “It’s sacred for us to leave.”
Jakarta’s Trash Mountain: ‘When People Are Desperate for Jobs, They Come Here’
The scavengers who make a living picking plastic, metal and even bones from a huge landfill face additional misery as the global economic slowdown closes the recycling centers they count on.
When Life Felt Normal: Your Pre-Pandemic Moments
Readers share memories, images and videos from before the coronavirus became a pandemic, and reflect on what they mean now.