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emma murf's avatar

Beautifully written and beautifully lived!

Timour Kosters's avatar

thank you, Emma ❤️

Telamon Ardavanis's avatar

Such a beautiful piece! Made me emotional!

"It is hard to see something personal in a piece of legislation", is such a great framing.

Timour Kosters's avatar

Appreciate it, Tela!

arthaud's avatar

Great essay

Michel Bauwens's avatar

Nice sharing of your life's experience, dear Timour!

Timour Kosters's avatar

Thank you, Michel!

Jules Yim | 芊文's avatar

What a story! So unique to you, yet so universal for diaspora/immigrants. Thank you for sharing.

Timour Kosters's avatar

Thank you, Jules!

Roman Kiselev's avatar

Wow Timour, what a story! I would have never guessed you're originally from Siberia. What part of it? I'm from Tomsk. Your post made me remember the whirlpool of emotions I also felt when I was leaving Russia and moving out into the unknown for the first time in my life.

Timour Kosters's avatar

Ah cool, I'm from a town closer to Khabarovsk, so quite a bit further east.

But yeah, so interesting to remember those feelings.

tiny's avatar

beautiful :''') so nice to get to know your story a bit better. what a life!

Timour Kosters's avatar

Thank you, Tiny!

Mariella Torres's avatar

A glimpse into your path. This piece stopped me in my tracks. Thank you for sharing 💛