Go for a Swim, Qaddafi

Mar 4, 2011 by

*This month [April] Fourth Night will be posted on the 14th instead of 4th **Scratch that. Due to tax day, which I just found out is...

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Alexandrian Uprising

Feb 4, 2011 by

Last night around midnight I spoke with a friend who moved to Cairo in the fall to teach English. I hadn’t heard from him since...

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Beirut (Part II): The morning ...

Oct 4, 2006 by

The first part of this essay is the September 4 posting. ON THE EVE of the ceasefire, a photographer in the Mayflower Hotel bar told...

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Beirut (Part 1): The eve of th...

Sep 4, 2006 by

*To see a slideshow of the following photos, and of many more that I was not able include in the post, click here IT WAS NOT your...

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The Man with the Bad Leg

Aug 4, 2006 by

ONE OF THE most disturbing sights one can experience in a wartime evacuation is that of a disabled old man or woman trying to flee a...

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