taste of ink

One year ago, I got on an unmarked Egypt Air plane for my one-way ticket bringing me (back) to Istanbul. Leaving Cairo was a difficult deci...

Between 1975 and 1979, over a span of fewer than four years, 3 million out of a population of 7 million were killed by the Khmer Rouge. An...

I'm on a lovely holiday in Portugal. Over the last three days, just about everything has been great--the weather, the food, the wine. ...

Turkey's parliamentary elections are around the corner, elections that could be considered the most important in history. Not only is t...

After a long hiatus, I'm back at the blog. Last June, I returned to Egypt from Turkey. I was burned out from my job in Istanbul. I ha...

The morning after the removal of Morsi from power, I was astounded to walk down from my flat and see a white-uniformed police officer. Aft...

Campaign season is in full mode in Turkey, which is set to vote on its next president August 10. There is not much suspense over the result...