A hyphenated identity names the experience of holding multiple cultural, ethnic, or national belongings simultaneously rather than sequentially—not moving from one to another but inhabiting both at once. This creates both creative possibilities and genuine tensions: the hyphen is both a bridge and a record of colonial or migratory rupture.
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