It was April 20, 2011. A Wednesday. I was sitting in the Milligan College dining hall in beautiful springtime Tennessee and, while munching salad, scrolled through headlines on my laptop. Clicking one that said “Photojournalists killed in Libya”, I read the first paragraph, which made my food lose its taste. By the time I reached […]
The Benefits of Moments of Travel Misery
“There is little favorable to be said about poverty,” wrote Nelson Mandela in his book Long Walk to Freedom, “but it was often an incubator of true friendship.” I first read this line (and book) about 15 years ago, and I remember it sometimes in my moments of misery on the road. No, it’s not that […]
10 Photos: Faces in Egypt the Night President Hosni Mubarak Resigned
On February 11, 2011, at 6:00 p.m., it was announced that Egypt’s president of 30 years, Hosni Mubarak, had vacated his position. At that moment tens of thousands of Egyptians were gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, participating in the 18th day of protest demanding political change in Egypt. Many demonstrators had come prepared to die […]
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