Posts by Amel Derragui

It is already quite complicated to manage our households’ finances in general, but it does tend to get even more complicated when we move from a country to another. I also noticed that in a lot of cases, even when expat partners are financially dependent, they are very involved in managing the finances of their…

Marcelle Yeager is American and lives in Chile. Prior to Chile, Marcelle and her husband also lived in Uzbekistan and Russia. Marcelle’s background is in strategic communication. When she and her husband agreed to take the first assignment abroad that he was offered, she quit her promising career back home and started taking some jobs…

Sundae Scheider-Bean shares with her story but also her experience few days after the terrorist attack that occurred in Ouagadougou on January 15th, 2016. This wasn’t Sundae’s first crisis situation in expatriation, as she had also experienced from very close the Ebola crisis and the appraisals that led to Burkina Faso’s political revolution. Although terrible events such as terrorist attacks are very…

Asetila Köstinger comes originally from Albania and lives today in Ankara (Turkey). She was previously also living in Austria and Moldova with her husband and son. She holds a master in International Business and is completing a Doctorate of Philosophy in Management. Asetila is an EU project manager, trainer and an expert in international development. Astelia…

For some reason, I never considered the fact that I was an expat all my life until I started Tandem Nomads. The term “expat” and “expatriation” was never so much in my vocabulary. I have been wondering what does it really mean to be an expat, what is this lifestyle about, can we call it…