Here I am, staring at the pots full of paints used for dyeing leather, on a roof in the Moroccan town of Fez. It was one of those moments I felt thrilled with my work, and my region. (more…)
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Middle East
It was 2003. My first visit to Iraq. Finally, dictator Saddam Hussein was gone. I saw a country in shambles. Yet it immediately dug its hooks into me. Never to let go again. (more…)
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For over a decade, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was my home. (more…)
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Two countries were at the top of my list as a journalist reporting on the Middle East: Iran and Iraq. That's where the action was, at least most of the time. Yet both were not easy to visit. (more…)
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Tea. Warm and strong. In a thin glass. The best teas I drank in Iraq. (more…)
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