Leaps of Faith
…‘Matador’ emblazoned on the cheap label, complete with a rather unsanitary aluminum foil lid, was produced. After glasses were poured all around, one was thrown onto the pile to propitiate…
In Search of Traces of Ibn Battuta in Malaysia
In search of traces of Ibn Battuta in #Malaysia. He crossed through the Strait enroute to China and we looked for a mosque from that time. http://nonotfar.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Ibn%20Battutah?m=1 . . ….
Where the Battuta Trail Begins
…sweet.” – Imam Al-Shafi A pilgrimage to the tomb of the medieval world’s greatest traveller and chronicler, Ibn Battuta #nonotfar http://nonotfar.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Ibn%20Battutah?m=1 . . . . . . . . #ibnbattuta…
The Bear is at the Door
…see this newcomer labelled as extreme right, ultraright, radical right, ultranationalist, Trumpist, francoist and neofrancoist. But are these euphemisms and trivializations just a distraction from what the party really represents?…
“ESA NO SOY YO”: So Who The Hell Is She?
…her. Never her. “Esa no soy yo.” Four words, polished and displayed like a coat of arms. Her entire identity, compressed into a slogan. Her political soul, bottled, labeled, and…
Snakes and the Tree of Knowledge
…the tour, peeling the labels off my beer bottle in the humidity, when an older man sitting next to me suggested, “If you’re looking for work and don’t mind getting…
Spain’s Healthcare Crisis… or Thursday, Everywhere Else
…divide us into neat little camps, as if the labels ‘right’ and ‘left’ can somehow contain the vast, ungovernable weirdness of the human animal. They’ll carve us up like we’re…
Lessons to Learn from Tragedy: Valencia
In today’s Camino a Ítaca memories of a parachute flapping up and down above the bar as I easily peeled the labels off sodden beer bottles in the Florida…
Choosing the Executioner
…on workers’ rights should be as natural as olive oil on bread. Yet the left insists on losing a contest it should win without even getting out of bed. Instead…
I ran to Iran
…square in half the world. -Breadmakers refusing payment, even when offered more than 3 times. -Feeling nervous with all the black mourning flags around mosques then being kissed by strange…