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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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Promoting DXB

January 10, 2022
Tags: dubai, souvenirs, shop, sign, architecture, sacred space
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Reading the Market

December 24, 2020
Tags: London, diversity, markets, shop, islam, arabic, food
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Portraits for Pilgrims

February 16, 2019
Tags: Senegal, images, pilgrimage, quran, shop
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Pamphlets and Qasidas

February 16, 2019
Tags: Senegal, books, novel, poetry, shop, bookstore, Internet, education
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Outfitting the Muridiyya

February 16, 2019
Tags: Senegal, bookstore, shop, pilgrimage, clothing
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The Empty Souvenir

October 03, 2018
Tags: Disney, souvenirs, tourism, shop, t-shirts, mexico

Images Instead of Words

December 16, 2016
Tags: Sierra Leone, public art, business, shop, brands