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Riding the Silverton Railroad, in Durango, Colorado. Photo by Muhsin Ozdemir

Stories

Culture & Travel

On the Road During a Time of War: Migrant Journeys through a Wary Europe

Anthropology Now (print edition)

Many Middle Eastern and African migrants pass through three emotional stages: trepidation before the dangerous journey; joy after safe arrival; and then, all too often, disillusionment.

Her Road From Damascus

Anthropology Now (digital edition)

How Raghad Alhallak and her family sold their home and bakery, scaled a mountain, fought off wild dogs, evaded border guards and nearly drowned at sea -- before being welcomed in Germany

Hordes at the Gates? Look Again

The Huffington Post/The WorldPost

The images of crazed migrant hordes bursting through the checkpoints of Fortress Europe make for great TV -- but leave the wrong impression. This is mainly a movement ordinary people, forced by war and poverty into taking extraordinary chances.

Burying Minority Istanbul: Last Glimpses of the Cosmopolitan City

Anthropology Now (digital edition)

A Black Sea family had boldly extended its living quarters into an ethnic Greek cemetery. I wasn't sure what upset me more: the desecration, or the historical wrong.

Tea on the Balcony

Worldpress

I planned a sybaritic summer in a Turkish village by the sea. I didn't consider that I might have trouble fitting in.

Crossing Switzerland's St. Gotthard Divide

Worldpress

The railroad that bridged German and Italian Switzerland was meant to unify the nation. Up close, the story looked a little different.

Return to the Belle Epoque

Islands

On on island near Istanbul, a developer pursues a vision of the past

Crime Comes Down Hard on Caracas as High Life Ends

The Associated Press/The Miami Herald

A story that Venezuelans tell on their Colombian neighbors is coming true at home.