Tag Archives: middle east

Portraits of Yemen

By popagandhi | Published: 2 February, 2010
Yemen is all over the news these days for all the wrong reasons. Those of you interested in that sort of thing would do well to read Waq al-Waq as a necessary companion blog to Western reporting on Yemen, which does tend to come across as uninformed and inaccurate most of the time. I still [...]
Posted in dispatch, gallery, travel | Also tagged , , , | 3 Comments

A Travel Paragraph A Day

By popagandhi | Published: 19 November, 2009
keeps the writing block at bay The Torino Express, Beirut Downtown Beirut was swanky. Saifi Village was strange. I had to duck into a hair salon and get my hair cut by a gay man in Ashrafieh to avoid the guy following me on his scooter, and the other guy trying to sell me drugs. [...]
Posted in dispatch | Also tagged , , | 3 Comments

Neither Here Nor There

By popagandhi | Published: 2 November, 2009
When M. and I both got the chance to move abroad and start new, but separate (if temporary) lives, we started Fortylove.tv to make the best out of two exciting but disparate cities: London, Dubai. Both are cosmopolitan cities. One had a long history, remarkable culture, and was a major world city. Another was desert [...]
Posted in food and music, travel | Also tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Trip Notebook

By popagandhi | Published: 15 September, 2009
Staying Beirut: 17 April Pension Al-Nazih Very small, not much atmosphere, but clean and friendly (once you get to know them). Two dorms — one female, one male, 5 beds each. US$12/night. Total: 6 x US$12 = $72 Damascus: 23 April Al-Rabie Hotel Ramshackle old house in old Damascus, situated in one of the oldest [...]
Posted in dispatch | Also tagged , , | 1 Comment