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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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Mandaeans

The Shock of the Normal

May 11, 2017
Tags: Mandaeans, dearborn, ritual, american culture, suburb

Clergy and Their iPhones

May 10, 2017
Tags: technology, religion, Mandaeans, diasporas, ritual, dearborn

Talking with the High Priest

May 09, 2017
Tags: Mandaeans, dearborn, iraq, religion, symbols

The Temple of John the Baptist

May 09, 2017
Tags: dearborn, Mandaeans, suburb, iraq, quran