The sweaty grip of another border crossing. Azerbaijan at our backs, watchtowers among the trees. We’re waved through a gate, and park in a small hanger. Officials stroll to and…
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The antique streets of Bukhara weave around ancient mosques and crumbling walls of brown clay. You can imagine camels happily clopping by, perhaps pausing for a hearty spit into the…
This series details six months the author spent as a student in Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan province, in 2014. Part 1. Part 2. We all got used to…
This series details six months I spent as a student in Chengdu the capital of China’s Sichuan province, in 2014. Read part 1 here. When you the North Gate of…
A few years ago, writer Glenn Kurtz was conducting research for a novel when he came across an old video, recorded by his grandfather in 1938 in small, predominantly Jewish town…
During a drive from Europe to Central Asia, the author contemplates the experience of crossing a border. Borders, like nation states, are artificial. They would not exist if it weren’t…
On Recent Drive From Europe to Kazakhstan, The Writer Was Impressed To Discover the Innovative Ways in Which Locals and Officials Made Their Living An expat in Almaty, the former…
Daniel Tilles is a British academic who first moved to Poland in 2004. A frequent writer on current events, Daniel manages the highly popular ‘Notes From Poland‘ community, an English…
Vibrant blue and yellow prayer flags were wrapped around an ugly metal pylon. The thin fabric shook frantically in the wind, as if electrified by the current surging through…
Keith Kahn-Harris describes himself as professionally curious. This curiosity has taken him around the world in search for the big fish who make their splash in small communities. Just who…
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