Life in the Netherlands

Back in Amsterdam, the Netherlands after I left New York

Why I Left Brooklyn Crying: Letting Go of My Home Away from Home

May 05, 2025Mireille Liong

What’s it like to be back? That’s almost always the first question I get after cheerful greetings. Whether it’s friends or family I haven’t seen in the 22 years I’ve...

Celebrating the Publication of my very 1st Natural hair book, Kroeshaar, Wat je Moet Weten en Meer.

March 09, 2023Mireille Liong

Today, March 9, marks the 20th anniversary of the very first book about natural hair in the Netherlands entitled: 'Kroeshaar, wat je moet weten en meer’. Natural hair was still...

Gifts and greetings from Amsterdam!

November 28, 2019Mia Press1 comment

Yes, I am back in Amsterdam. The city I came into adulthood after finishing college in Suriname. Where I cycled the streets and discovered nightlife while working on my Master...

Changing women and the Big Chop, Watching Natural Hair Trough the lens of Filmmakers from the Dutch Diaspora

November 05, 2018Mireille Liong

The panel: Jahel Tam (Hair Doctor), Sherina Leerdam (The Big Chop), Sherlon Gerard (Miss Black Hair Netherlands), Mireille Liong, Rachel Tokromo (Changing Women), Daphne Baloe (Daffie Be Proud), Farida Waterberg...