travel
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Reflecting on Istanbul. And Life.
Istanbul is massive, almost overwhelmingly so. One of the world’s megacities, it is a frenetic place, without a single center of gravity but instead, like an octopus and its ganglia, distributing its…
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Albania and Identity
Here’s a bit of trivia: my great great grandfather, Mehmet Deralla, was the first Minister of War of the first Government of Albania, created toward the end of 1912. It’s a bit…
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Leros and the Art of Sitting
Life is fast. If ever there was a truism that captures the reality of our modern existence, this is the one. Life is fast, it is hectic, it is so much to…
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A Journey to the West: Part Ten
Do I owe whatever success I have had in professional life to the unifying power and cultural relevancy of sport? Almost certainly, given that my essay for my college application covered my…
