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• Strange Damascus Memories

  Published on January 14, 2014

  2009. "If you are really a lesbian, proveeeeittt! Kiss me NOW!" A giggly girl shrieked, rather loudly, flapping her long, luscious hair about as well. She also had the Arabic equivalent of a Valley Girl accent. In most situations, this might have been a proposition to consider. Except we were in Syria. And I…

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• And All The Roads That Lead You There Were Winding

  Published on May 12, 2009

  I came to the Middle East to do just one thing: see a part of the world that I felt I needed to learn more about. Its language was alien, but familiar – many Malay and Hindi words have roots in Arabic. Its customs and food strange, but not dissimilar – much of the Indian subcontinent that I love and call home was…

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