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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection

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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:

Looking Up into the Frame

December 29, 2021

Tags: dubai, architecture, monunent, material, color

The Shiny Exterior

December 29, 2021

Tags: dubai, architecture, monunent, design, material

The Giant Frame

December 29, 2021

Tags: dubai, architecture, tourism, design, instagram, monunent

Arabic and Tradition

December 28, 2021

Tags: dubai, architecture, future, arabic, design, innovation, calligraphy, history

Ideology of the Future

December 28, 2021

Tags: dubai, future, islam, sign, innovation, silicon valley, construction

Museum of the Future

December 28, 2021

Tags: dubai, museum, future, architecture, sign

Back to Reality

December 27, 2021

Tags: dubai, skyscraper, architecture, design, mosque

In Dreams Begin

December 27, 2021

Tags: dubai, dream, story, books, wealth, globalization, orientalism

Real Estate Dream

December 27, 2021

Tags: dubai, story, imagination, development, images, dream

For an Arabia of the Future

December 27, 2021

Tags: dubai, story, medieval, cairo, future, books

Souvenir Lamps and the Dream of Dubai

December 26, 2021

Tags: dubai, souvenirs, story, place, tourism, books

Arabian Nights

December 26, 2021

Tags: dubai, bookstore, books, middle east, islam, story

Books in Arabic

December 26, 2021

Tags: dubai, american culture, innovation, technology, books, bookstore, arabic

One Place for Books

December 24, 2021

Tags: dubai, mall, bookstore, Japan, corporations, globalization

The Global Look

December 24, 2021

Tags: dubai, corporations, globalization, body, sports, clothing, screens

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