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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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View fullsize The grave marker of Adele Brise in Champion near Door County.. composed in Walloon, related to French and still spoken in southern Belgium

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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middle east

The Mosaic Program

December 16, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, public art, mosaic, middle east, pyramid, syria

Assigning Roles

March 08, 2022
Tags: expo, painting, orientalism, middle east, 19th century, clothing, animals

Theater of Global Hierarchy

March 05, 2022
Tags: expo, clothing, middle east, industrialism, globalization, business, people, colonialism

Static City

March 03, 2022
Tags: expo, cairo, street scene, orientalism, design, middle east

Arabian Nights

December 26, 2021
Tags: dubai, bookstore, books, middle east, islam, story
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Words that Spread

July 07, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, middle east, public art, identity, race, BLM, islam, protest, flag
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Africa Muslims Agency

April 03, 2020
Tags: Sierra Leone, middle east, mosque, globalization, Internet, sign, architecture
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Petrie on Bedouin Life in the Sinai

December 18, 2017
Tags: Bedouin, books, orientalism, middle east

Mango Cafe

May 12, 2017
Tags: dearborn, cafe, smoking, middle east