Fleeing the World In Klimt's Kiss
At the height of Viennese summer, tourists and art-lovers alike escape the heat in palace turned art museum Belvedere, an oasis of white...
Checking to Make Sure We're Human
It all happened because I forgot my visa. Normally we, the white foreigners, would sit on the air-conditioned number 18 bus from Ramallah...
Separation Barrier or Security Fence?: The Wall Divides Israelis Too
From any high point in Jerusalem you can see the wall. Like the spine of a snake, it coils along neighborhood streets, shopping avenues,...
Are we responsible to the news?
“They’ll say ‘that’s horrible’ and then go back to eating their dinners.” The scene is the Rwandan genocide of 1993, portrayed in the...
No Issues, Just Dancing
Mardi Gras Party, the flyer on the café counter says, although the date is March 15th, Lent is half over, and the festivities are hosted...
Headlines Made Human
Inside a small apartment in an overlooked city in the middle of France, a Syrian couple taught my family how to cook. Both dark-haired...
Suffering and the Arts: Making Sense of the Senseless
On Friday, December 14th at 9:30 in the morning, a man armed with hundreds of deadly ammunition rounds forced his way into Sandy Hook...
Not Enough for Greed, But Need
To go and come back from India without your eyes opened, exposed to, and made aware of poverty would be a feat possible only for the...
