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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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zawia

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Tijaniyya on the Web

February 27, 2019
Tags: Senegal, Internet, Morocco, islam, sacred space, zawia, facebook
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The Language of Relgion

February 27, 2019
Tags: Senegal, religion, symbols, language, sign, holiday, zawia
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Downtown Zawiya

February 27, 2019
Tags: Senegal, zawia, colonialism, city, islam
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A Shrine for a Founder

February 25, 2019
Tags: Senegal, islam, shrine, sacred space, tomb, zawia
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The Zawiya

February 24, 2019
Tags: Senegal, mosque, zawia, architecture, sacred space
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Sitting in a Zawiya

October 16, 2018
Tags: islam, Morocco, poetry, ritual, zawia