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Mars Over Baghdad: Miracles in the Desert

Iraq Marga OrtigasNovember 6, 2018 Places

ASTROLOGICAL APPOINTMENT 3a.m., 27th of August 2003.  That was when Mars would’ve been visible from Baghdad. Yes — the planet Mars — seen from the …

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The Reason for Discouragement: Verses from Mexico

Mexico Tomás Calvillo UnnaSeptember 18, 2018 Prose

La Razon del Desanimo (English translation below) Ingenuos creyentes del paraíso abonamos al infierno, adheridos a los sentidos como único camino. Hemos convertido al mundo …

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Hello, Shadowlands: Uncovering Southeast Asia’s Booming Underworld

Sungai Golok / Thailand Patrick WinnSeptember 5, 2018 Places

Neon Jihad Her breath smells of menthols.  Her ragged denim shorts are damp with spilled beer.  She will not stop laughing. I suppose her forced …

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A Twenty-Year-Old Letter from London: Memories, Midlife, and the Millennium

the United Kingdom Marga OrtigasAugust 30, 2018 Places Prose

Let me paint you a scene — it is still one of my favourites in the world: I am sitting in the Royal Festival Hall …

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Between Borders: Dualities, Wine, and Baja California

Mexico / Valle de Guadalupe Marga OrtigasApril 19, 2018 Places

Star sign Twenty-seven-year old Violeta is “sort of” an Aries.  It’s among the first things she tells you about herself – that she was born …

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Appreciating Spring: Adventures in Resilience and Reinvention

Japan / Miyazaki Angelina CantadaApril 15, 2018 People

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is …

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Papi’s Puzzles: Love, Loss, & Logic

the Philippines Marga OrtigasApril 9, 2018 Prose

My father did the crossword every evening when he came home from work.  I think solving puzzles helped him wash away the day. He’d fold …

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In Search of Roots: A Return to the Former Colonies

Spain / the Philippines Elena Montero PfitzMarch 13, 2018 People

I was born in Spain.  In the capital Madrid, to be precise. I feel very Spanish, although my roots are not. My mother was born …

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Stargazing in the Yukon: A Journey Within

Canada / Yukon Territory Marga OrtigasJanuary 17, 2018 Places

In the stillness of a winter morning, I cast my hearing to the brittle dawn. The night was silver and dusted in diamonds. The frost …

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Once Upon a Time in Lesvos: A Humanitarian Crisis with No End in Sight

Greece Marga OrtigasNovember 25, 2017 Places

Time seemed a different creature on Skala Eresou, a small coastal village on the western side of Lesvos.  Days flowed one into the other unhurriedly, …

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