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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,
May 2025:

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21st Century Power

October 26, 2022
Tags: dubai, power, statue, museum, iraq
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Just Another Word

June 08, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, iraq, war, memorial, military, airplane, animals, patriotism, american culture, google
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A Long Way to Karbala

April 21, 2020
Tags: Sierra Leone, shia, mosque, pilgrimage, souvenirs, globalization, iraq
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A Banner from Karbala

July 09, 2018
Tags: iraq, dearborn, shia, banner, mosque
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Making Space for Shi'as

July 09, 2018
Tags: dearborn, mosque, shia, sacred space, iraq
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Karbala in Dearborn

July 05, 2018
Tags: dearborn, iraq, mosque, immigration, sign
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Mapping ISIS Territory

February 22, 2018
Tags: mapping, terrorists, syria, iraq, nation, border
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Visiting Syrian Ruins

January 29, 2018
Tags: syria, ruins, desert, iraq, Roman, war

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