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Port-au-Prince’s Territories

Port-au-Prince’s Territories

In effect the state is missing in action, as the people suffer overlapping crises...

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For All the Tea in Scotland by Patrick Romero McCafferty

For All the Tea in Scotland by Patrick Romero McCafferty

Will Scottish tea follow in the surprising footsteps of the English wine industry?

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Madescent Malta

Madescent Malta

Malta is not so much an island as it is the top of a mountain...

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Farah Abdessamad in Italy

Farah Abdessamad in Italy

It’s time to leave Florence and the enchanted myths of the Renaissance behind...

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‘I’ve been eating zaatar ever since I can remember’

‘I’ve been eating zaatar ever since I can remember’

Thyme, sumac, marjoram, oregano, sesame seeds...

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Sandknog

Sandknog

By the time winter is over the dust-green dunes are as white as Alpine peaks with sand...

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No Stone Unturned by Farah Abdessamad

No Stone Unturned by Farah Abdessamad

The ecstasy that accompanies a spiritual experience holds a form of inner displacement; we are born to surpass, to embrace our totality in movement...

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‘The mountains served as a barrier to my wanderings’

‘The mountains served as a barrier to my wanderings’

How can they stick themselves on the wall and not fall off?

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Diyarbakır’s Bird Lovers

Diyarbakır’s Bird Lovers

It is indeed very interesting to see many dovecotes in houses and courtyards...

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Charles Rearick in Popular Paris

Charles Rearick in Popular Paris

Paris has long been the most visited city in Europe, but most of it is not visited. Why not?

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The room refrigerator had gained five…

The room refrigerator had gained five…

I don’t mean to complain, but the thrice-daily knock-on-the-door announcing the delivery of food was no longer welcome...

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‘How fortunate we were to leave when we did’

‘How fortunate we were to leave when we did’

I was six years old when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Overnight, Kabul was transformed from a bustling city to a silent prison yard...

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