“Welcome to Syria,” greeted the robust man as he took our passports. He was seated at a counter, behind security glass. The man, unlike the young men carrying old [...]
For artist, scholar, and educator, Gina Athena Ulysse, anthropology has been stuck in a time warp. Yet rather than beholding herself to the discipline’s conflicted standing between the humanities [...]
Photo by Monica Sedra on Unsplash. It was supposed to have been a good day. Over breakfast, Du had told me all about the story she’d written [...]
“Hope springs eternal,” 60-year-old Mr. Peters told me when I asked him how he felt when he went to bed in the evenings. “I live in hope,” he added [...]
An uncountable number of innocent people have been jailed during this government’s time … Do you understand? This is the situation of the government policy. This is why those [...]
Velu and I watched the lights of the power plant flick on about an hour before sunset. With our backs rested to the sides of his boat, we saw [...]
One of the telescopes in South Africa, image included with SALT’s permission. © Southern African Large Telescope. Words are in the world and of the world (Barad [...]
The photo shows the inside of a restaurant with vibrant tiled walls. Photo by Pexels, Pixabay. “We don’t want incense sticks, thank you,” the woman at the [...]
In late 2023, my friend and longtime resident of the Indonesian coastal city Semarang, Pak Puji, sent me a cellphone video displaying the spread of the water hyacinth on [...]
Hasnapur’s post office is a modest complex which also houses an Aadhaar (national identification number) registration center. Although the latter opens at 9 AM, applicants are advised to begin [...]
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