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Elizabeth Zahradnicek Haas

Elizabeth Zahradnicek Haas

Elizabeth Zahradnicek Haas is the founder and editor of Czechish. She has lived in and reported from Czechia since 2005.

Let's lose the labels: It's time to get Czechish

Let's lose the labels: It's time to get Czechish

After two months of reporting and conversations across Czechia, I discovered that the labels we use for people who call this country home are only part of a much bigger problem. Here's why I'm launching Czechish.

Ukrainians in Czechia know crisis calls for community. What if yours is in another country?

Ukrainians in Czechia know crisis calls for community. What if yours is in another country?

Go bags, alarming headlines and a Plan B: As Czechia urges residents to prepare for emergencies, how do you navigate the politicization of war, make sense of security threats and make informed decisions about your future?

Come for low-stress Czech practice, stay for bábovka at Letná’s new living room

Come for low-stress Czech practice, stay for bábovka at Letná’s new living room

At Studánka, a community space in Prague 7, newcomers and longtime residents can practice Czech, meet their neighbors, or simply settle in for a chat. No perfect grammar required.

A dumpling craving, a kung fu teacher, and a 14-year friendship in Prague

A dumpling craving, a kung fu teacher, and a 14-year friendship in Prague

When Adam Trachtman came home from Beijing in 2012 craving real jiaozi, he found them on a side street in Prague. Fourteen years later, he and kung fu teacher Zhai Hua are friends, and her Czech regulars won’t let her stop cooking.

What Czechia is talking about this week: Game on for casual sexism in politics

What Czechia is talking about this week: Game on for casual sexism in politics

First a menopause jibe in Parliament. Now a foreign minister has taken aim at women's hockey. The backlash suggests Czechia isn't laughing along. But who is?

How do you raise a British-Irish family in Prague? Find a babička and a chalupa

How do you raise a British-Irish family in Prague? Find a babička and a chalupa

Karina Bolan's children were born and raised in Prague, speak Czech and have absorbed the country's habits. But ask the British-Irish family whether they feel Czech, and the answer is complicated.

Not just candles and keys: The Nov. 17 parade you may not have heard about

Not just candles and keys: The Nov. 17 parade you may not have heard about

Prague's Sametové posvícení celebrates 15 years of turning the Velvet Revolution anniversary into a carnival of political satire. This year, Czech students and migrants are challenging the labels society puts on people.