Profile in el HOY
Here’s a profile that was written up about me after winning the travel writing prize, the Premio de Periodismo Ciudad de Cáceres Fundación Mercedes Calles y Carlos Ballestero.
Battuta’s Least Known Journey
This plaque on the church is about the only evidence you’ll find of Battuta’s visit in the town of Coin. Think Marco Polo was the world’s greatest traveler? If you do, it’s because you haven’t read Ibn Battuta. For whatever reason, be they ethnocentric prejudices, islamophobia or the simple fact that Polo had better PR,…
Mogadishu Style Shark Fin Soup
Photographer: Feisal Omar/Reuters On it’s way to Shanghai, or have the Somalis developed a taste for shark fin soup too?
photographs of spain
One of the many lovely pictures of Spain found here.
Seen From the Road: Rhodes, Greece
Seen inside the citadel/city built by the Templars, now haunt of cruise-goers stretching their legs and dining ashore.
Granada…in English and German
A walk through the Albaycin in Granada A look at the new mosque that has been built A reflection on the concern it’s caused A way around conflict In both English and German in DW-WORLD’s Qantara magazine.
Trazzler Writing Contest
One of the internet sites that I have been writing for has been running some great contests as of late. Click over here to Writing Contests for more details…you never know, a new job or a few nights in a Fairmont hotel may await!
A Different Iran
One of the strongest memories I have of Iran is standing outside a regular neighourhood mosque covered in the black mourning flags that are so typical there. Decades of negative imagery on T.V made my wife and I unsure about entering the courtyard. Finally we ventured in and ended up parting ways. Suddenly I heard…
Walking to Hornachos
10kms to go Springtime outside Hornachos, Extremadura, Spain.
A Walk in Istanbul
I took a walk awhile ago with my Couchsurfing host, now friend, Oya. We started in the Istanbul of the guidebooks and ended up in the Istanbul of her childhood. A walk that took us from the tank tops of Eminonou to the hiijabs and niquabs in Fatih, with a short detour to see the…