Struggle for Heritage

Struggle for Heritage The issue of immigrants conforming to their new country's lifestyles and laws has always been debated. When a person or family first arrives in a new country, it is a hard decision whether he or she should adapt and become like everyone else living there or hold on to his or her heritage and stand out as different. This is the dilemma presented in the article "Lost Sweden: A Kurdish Daughter is …

…with many pros and cons. After thinking about my family and lack of heritage, I think that families should try and hold onto some beliefs and traditions, but learn the language and laws of their new country. It is just a balance, trying to make both sides work together. This way, future generations have knowledge of where they came from and beliefs, but the two nationalities are not as drastically different as in Fadime's story.