What lies beneath has an ominous aspect to us ground dwellers. We appreciate being able to...
Where are your monuments, your battles, martyrs? Where is your tribal memory? Sirs, in that grey...
The violence in Uganda was escalating when my parents fled to Kenya on foot, trekking through...
We heard the drums before we saw them. A steady, staccato beat beckoned us to walk...
Russia
Taking to the Streets
Pro-democracy protests were loud in Moscow in 2011, but slowly got quieter
It was Monday, December 5, 2011—a grey, warm afternoon, and a thin cover of snow started...
Russia
Russia’s Big Ballet: A Drama in Three Acts
Crime and intrigue in the Bolshoi was as dark as any performance
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If there is one city in Ethiopia that any visitor will endeavor to see—with budget backpackers...
It is a must-do on a visit to Cairo to take a felucca ride on the...
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Five generations of my family have lived in Moscow. Grandfather bought half of a dacha in...
Last summer at Moscow’s Flacon, a former Soviet crystal factory converted into a hub of hipster...
That gorgeous ad of a couple holding hands on the beach in the lush, mountainous Caribbean...