Rena
Hasan Zeya used to boast about how he was still practicing medicine into his early 80s. But at 84, he no longer is happy about his age. His daughter, Rena,…
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March 25, 2013
Catching up with Baby Noor
My friend Joe Duran just called me after many months. I'd last seen him in November in Istanbul. Now, he was calling from his native Mexico, where he'd gone on…
March 19, 2013
Iraq. Now and then
I stand inside the Al Warda supermarket in Baghdad's Kerrada neighborhood staring at boxes of dates, but my mind races back to another time. I used to shop here in…
March 14, 2013
Back to Baghdad
I felt small standing amid the Roman ruins in Jerash. I marvel at the building accomplishments of people who lived so long ago; they intended to make structures last. How…
March 11, 2013