Sunday, 25 May 2014 | Views [305]
I hope one day that I can tell my kids, “scary things happen to everyone” and hopefully emphasize how to recognize it when it happens and not feel powerless. I’ll enroll my kids in karate and debate and I’ll tell them everyday ... Read more >
Saturday, 17 May 2014 | Views [335]
“What are somethings you’d want the rest of the people to know about Turkey and about its people?”
“That we are not Arabia. We are normal.”
Gul tells me this as she takes me back to the Acibadem ... Read more >
Wednesday, 14 May 2014 | Views [272] | Scholarship Entry
(Abridged version) “Yah.. I’ve got a funny feeling about my bag…” I had texted my sister at 1:00 am as I lay awake in that crummy Cyprus hotel with bad pistachios. “What? Why?” After missing my first flight from London to Istanbul (yeah that’s right) ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Sunday, 4 May 2014 | Views [296]
“Yah.. I’ve got a funny feeling about my bag…” I had textedmy sister at 1:00 am as I lay awake in that crummy Cyprus hotel with bad pistachios.
“What? Why?”
As I checked in for the ... Read more >
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014 | Views [338]
As Ümit and I approach the apartment in Beylikdüzü,it is on the edge of western edge of the city with a hundred tall apartment buildings and tiny parks, basketball courts, and shops scatteredin-between. Despite the immensely tall ... Read more >
