We: the Diaspora

A space to document the stories of the Hong Kong Diaspora

We: the Diaspora

There are more people being scattered today than any other time in recent history because of war, violence, economic or environmental factors.

Though we have been scattered by various factors, we are also gathered together by common beliefs. We are exploring ways to journey together with the wanderers of our times as we re-imagine a new community and identity.

We are the diaspora.

The struggle of man against power is
the struggle of memory against forgetting

~ Milan Kundera 

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Let’s Flee Together- Part 3
Let’s Flee Together- Part 3

Leaving behind many unfulfilled and treasured connections. But the uncertainties up ahead are more numerous. They are sometimes left blank, speechless, but Aamosi said, “Look on the bright side, how many people gets a second chance at life?”

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“Blue Island” Film Review : A Lamentation Song to Hong Kong
“Blue Island” Film Review : A Lamentation Song to Hong Kong

Due to the city’s changing social and political environment, Hong Kong has become a place many in the foreseeable future may not be able to return to. The question – “What does Hong Kong mean to you?” – is Blue Island’s central question…

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Let’s Flee Together- Part 2: After Goodbye
Let’s Flee Together- Part 2: After Goodbye

What were you doing on your last evening in Hong Kong? In unison, the couple answered, “We packed and cleaned our home till past midnight.” Aamosi and Jisitip has lived in their home for more than a decade since getting married and giving birth to their 10-year-old daughter Naangomai…

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Let’s Flee Together- Part 1
Let’s Flee Together- Part 1

“Let’s leave Hong Kong.” It was August of 2019 and the protesters were being met with increasingly harsher crackdowns. Aamosi and his wife, Jisitip, and daughter, Naangomai were in a café near Lockhart Road, Wanchai, an area where protests often occurred.

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✍【Go With the Flow: Part 1】已經上載。 GWTF（化名），藝術工作者，心理治療師。 這段日子，GWTF 身邊已有超過20多位朋友離開了香港，預計下半年將會有更多，只是她說：「其實都唔算啲咩，我有另一個朋友，身邊有40幾個親友都走咗……」GWTF 有加拿大籍，或許因為隨時都可以離開，她反而覺得：「已經移民過一次，唔想走住。」何況，父母都在家。GWTF 環顧身邊的朋友，處境大多如是：為孩子離開，為父母留下。她轉念一想道：「其實我哋祖父母輩都喺
《灰孩日記 之 洗電飯煲事件》 從小到大，頂多只會用微波爐叮熟食物的灰孩，隻身去到外國，終於— 第一次用電飯煲煮飯。 電飯煲功能簡單易用，很快便成為灰孩一日三餐的好幫手。為了好好保養這個好幫手，灰孩決定幫它「沖個靚涼」。 「咦，點解用了幾次，電飯煲便好像壞掉了？」灰孩很疑惑，於是發短訊問朋友。 「...電飯煲不能用水洗的😅。」 「噢⋯」終於灰孩恍然大悟，幸好過了幾天，電飯煲乾透後又回復正常運作😅。 #多倫多香港人 #溫哥華香港人 #加拿大移民 #加拿大救生艇計劃 #香
“Blue Island” Film Review : A Lamentation Song to Hong Kong】 I remember asking the young protestors and families who have to go into exile, whether they regretted making the decision to be involve in the movement, their responses to me w
📢 號外！ "Blue Island" /《憂鬱之島》兩篇中英文影評已經出爐啦！今次並唔係翻譯對照文哦，而係由兩位作者從自己嘅角度同感受去撰寫。 【英文篇】👉 "Blue Island" Film Review: A Lamentation Song to Hong Kong https://wethediaspora.world/stories-english/blue-island 【中文篇】👉 詩化的記錄片：《憂鬱之島》憂鬱在哪裡？ htt
《詩化的記錄片：〈憂鬱之島 〉憂鬱在哪裡？》 宿命中浮沉 紀錄片開頭影著一對青年男女向波濤洶湧的漆黑大海奔去，搖晃的鏡頭模擬海中浮沉，昂頭出水，便是波光粼粼維港，還有暢泳其中的陳伯伯。海中游泳由求生，變成晨操晚練的習慣，融入陳伯伯的生活，如同呼吸自由的空氣。以文革時期陳伯伯與妻子游水來港的經歷，對照今天反送中運動引發的移民潮，兩代人皆為自由而選擇離背井離鄉。只是昔日的桃花源，今天的牢籠。當年陳伯伯對香港的想像：「那種感覺係，香港係好自由的地方」，如今聽來格外諷刺。片尾呼應風起雲湧的時代，插入
哀悼，毋忘 點一根蠟燭， 燃亮被抺去的日子： 5月35日 . . . #燃亮被抺去的日子 #5月35 #哀悼 #毋忘 #人民不會忘記 #wethediaspora #hkdiaspora #hongkonger #diaspora #流繖誌 #香港 #流散 #流散者 . . . . 📸: Prateek Gautam
「如果有如果，我都無後悔參與社會運動……」他說：「因為香港係自己嘅地方，我吔有義務去保護佢……」車仔麵說不出他確實想要守護的是甚麼，是自由，是民主，是法治，是文化，抑或是其他；車仔麵對香港的感情和牽絆並非隻言片語能概括的。香港是他的家，家的一切他都想要保護。車仔麵回憶起社會運動的點滴時只言：「為時未晚，只係想要做對嘅事，而做對嘅事，無話後悔嘅。」 關於車仔麵的故事 part 1-3 都上載了，我們邀請你傾聽車仔麵的故事： https://
🍜「車仔麵呢件事好香港。」 除了掛念親人朋友，香港最令車仔麵掛念的味道是深水埗文記車仔麵，配料、麵條、湯底，都是「自己揀」，配搭豐富、變化多... 👩‍🎨 圖為fat mui之車仔麵作品。 車仔麵part 3: 《不想去遠方- part 3 - 記得要番屋企》出爐啦！ https://wethediaspora.world/stories-chinese/che-jai-min-part-3 #香港美食 #香港車仔麵 #車仔麵 #文記車仔麵 #wethediaspora&n
對車仔麵來講，大家能夠喺埋一齊就好。 《我不想去遠方 Part 2 家以外就是「人地既地方」》：https://wethediaspora.world/stories-chinese/che-jai-min-part-2 . . . . #wethediaspora #hkdiaspora #hongkonger #diaspora #流繖誌 #香港 #流散 #流散者 #香港人故事 #加拿大香港人 #加拿大生活 #家人 #離港
「身分，呢個問題係好基本，但就好重要，而且好現實。」關於何去何從，車仔麵優先考慮的是身分與居留的問題...... 新一篇流繖誌 《我不想去遠方 Part 2 家以外就是「人地既地方」》 已經上載啦：https://wethediaspora.world/stories-chinese/che-jai-min-part-2 . . . 📸: Todd Diemer #wethediaspora #hkdiaspora #hongkonger #diaspora&
😢 車仔麵最痛心的是他去機場踏出家門前，母親的嗚咽：「還會回來嗎？」 《我不想去遠方 Part 1》：https://wethediaspora.world/stories-chinese/che-jai-min-part-1 . . . . #wethediaspora #hkdiaspora #hongkonger #diaspora #流繖誌 #香港 #流散 #流散者 #香港人故事 #加拿大香港人 #加拿大生活 #家

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