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…
Fear and Loathing in Siberia
…label that had aluminium foil for a lid. The epiphany came as vendors competed with the mosquitos for space through the windows. It was time to set up a base,…
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…
Reading Joseph Roth in Extremadura
…way words begin to move through a place, and what they start to change. Read the full piece in CounterPunch+. The piece was also published in Spanish in Nueva Tribuna….
The Birth of a Civil War in Yemen in Counterpunch
…few American outlets with the guts to run it, published my longform piece: 👉 “Yemen in Flames: From Depraved Spectacle to Signalgate” It’s a dark, sharp, and deeply personal chronicle…
Fiesta of Futility
…Click over to read the originally published piece in Spanish in the HOY the originally published piece in Spanish in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en…
El luchador gambiano que se convirtió en el campeón de un pueblo
…stepped into the circle and became something else entirely. My latest travel feature, published in Spanish by Nueva Tribuna, explores transformation, belonging and the strange power communities have to redefine…
Sal — La gramática de la sal y las llegadas
My travel essay on the island of Sal, in Cape Verde, has just been published by Nueva Tribuna, making it my second travel piece to appear in a national Spanish…