Jun 15, 2018
WHERE DID THE INDIANS GO ? AN INDIGENOUS HISTORY
I was not aware of this book, nor of the reviewer a Canadian by the name of Bhupinder Singh. I have reproduced the entire review for people interested in the…
Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Jun 15, 2018
HOW TO EAT HUMMUS LESSON FROM HAIFA
Recently I had the chance to taste Hummus at Resto Said's, in the Akko Souq. Said family have been serving Hummus at this location from the Ottoman times and the…
Jun 15, 2018
A PSYCHIATRIST’S ELEGY FOR ANTHONY BOURDAIN
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Jun 15, 2018
COME TO ISRAEL AND EAT SOME OF THE BEST FOOD IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Three days of Eating in Haifa on a recent visit to Israel.
Jun 15, 2018
DR MAHATHIR AND THE NEW MALAYSIA BUT CUBAN-MALAYSIAN FRIENDSHIP REMAINS THE SAE
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Jun 15, 2018
A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT DAYS IN COCHIN, INDIA
FOR some lucky reason, I end up in Fort Cochin few times a year. I am not devoted to India and in fact, my visit to Cochin begins with arrival…
Jun 15, 2018
SYMBOLISM OF WELCOME FROM TICUNA ALONG THE AMAZON
I am in Miami, preparing to travel down to the Amazon. This journey has its own peculiar history, the way it was planned and hoped for. Things happen for a…
May 15, 2018
A SADDEST PLEASURE: JOURNEY TO THE EAST
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May 15, 2018
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO COLOMBO
I was in the Lounge, empty at that hour of the day and wanted to try the two wines on offer. I was busy taking photos of the wine and…
May 15, 2018
A JEW IN QATAR AND OTHER STORIES
A JEW IN QATAR AND OTHER STORIES It is sunny outside nary a cloud but haze over the multiple modern buildings that surround this bay in Doha, Qatar. this is…
May 15, 2018
LOVE YOUR LIFE AND LET LIFE LOVE YOU
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May 15, 2018
ONE FREQUENT FLIER AND HIS LOUNGES
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May 15, 2018
TRAVEL MADE EASY, BUT WHO DOES MAKE IT EASY AND ENJOYABLE FOR YOU
When you are travelling, and often, you become aware of all the people responsible for your pleasure of travel. There are people who are obvious, such as Pilots who take…
May 15, 2018
INDIA IN IRAN AT THE TIME OF THE SAFAVIDS (Safavids (1501-1722 CE)
Initially, the Safavids brought clerics from the Arab world, particularly Jabal Amil in what is now south Lebanon, but gradually a new breed of Iranian Shia faqih emerged. Of these,…
May 15, 2018
YET ANOTHER INSULT ON THE DIGNITY OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WARAO OF VENEZUELA
THE WARAO OR THE PEOPLE OF THE CANOE have lived along the River Orinoco for centuries and survived with their natural skills and abilities. The outsiders came and took some…
May 15, 2018
WHY FRIENDLINESS/FRIENDS MATTER WHEN YOU ARE A FREQUENT TRAVELLER?
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May 15, 2018
Welcome To United States Most Open
WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES, THE MOST OPEN MINDED AND MOST DIVERSE COUNTRY ON EARTH Just yesterday they announced the 10 finalists for the National Geography Bee sponsored by the…
May 15, 2018
ONLY A GOOD PERSON CAN BECOME A GOOD HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
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