Category: TRAVEL
LOST IN ISTANBUL
Second, third and fourth weeks in Istanbul By Ida Rastini My daughter-in-law visited Istanbul for two days recently, a stop off on her flight from Singapore to Saudi Arabia, where she will […]
My first week in Istanbul
By Ida Rastini I arrived at Sahiba Gocken Airport in Istanbul exactly nineteen days ago. There was not a long queue at passport control and luggage was delivered through the conveyor […]
Protected: Walking in the footsteps of Irene Koppl – Step 1
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Odessa, Ukrainian Hedoism… and Russia’s failure
and Russia’s failure By Pierre Scordia In June 2017, after two years of absence, I return to Odessa, the pearl of the Black Sea. On the plane from Warsaw, a Russian woman […]
The Afghan Athletes & the Ski slope Champion
By Simon Urwin The veins in his arms are as thick as mooring rope, his inflated bulk pumped with more artificial protein than a flock of factory chickens. Somehow he has […]
Tile Giant
By Simon Urwin “Working with ceramics every day is like a form of worship for me, it helps me feel closer to Allah,” Omid announces proudly. This is not the kind […]
Afghanistan: a burqa for Barbie
By Simon Urwin In the dusty, traffic-choked heart of Herat, every day is like ‘Black Friday’ in one shop in particular.Haji Shir Agha is the mastermind behind this highly popular and profitable operation, […]
