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Latest Features

Zambia: Dusting the Mpanga

Journeying through Zambia towards South Luangwa National Park, Jessica Snow finds a land of light and shadows, where the earth meets the sky, and rain sweeps  across the scorched earth of the mpanga (bush).

Côte d’Ivoire: A Prayer for Mariame

Twenty years ago, their lives crossed in West Africa. They were children back then, and the only language they shared was that of the clapping games they played. Since then Kari Masson's American life has diverged dramatically from her friend's back in the Côte d’Ivoire.

Northern Ireland: Welcome to Northern Ireland: Watch Your Step and What Brings You to Derry?

Ashley Dresser went to Derry, Northern Ireland looking for a revolution, but what she found instead was a country looking for peace. In these two essays, Dresser describes that what she first thought was indifference to The Troubles, she soon realized was a precarious veneer covering the scars of a violent conflict of religion and nationality.

Mexico: Chickens in a Church

The Spanish brought Christianity to Mexico, but in the Mexican village of San Juan Chamula, the Catholic ceremonies have a distinctively Mayan flavour. James Matthews takes us into the church where worshippers pray to St. John the Baptist and break the necks of chickens for healing.

Finland: Northern Exposure

In a land where the word for simple is yksinkertainen, it can be difficult for a foreigner to understand, much less communicate. Moving to Finland with his Finnish wife, David Brown struggles to understand the complexities of this strange and beautiful new land.

Albania & Kosovo: Scene of War

At the border crossing between these two lands, Peter Casier watches refugees returning to their ravaged homes. Full of hope, they snake like a river towards a valley where buildings are still burning from the militia's destruction.

Guatemala: Learning From the Land in Guatemala

La Florida is a cooperative coffee plantation, where, as Laura Fitch discovers, days are long, tortillas are ubiquitous, and the celebrations are lively. During her time in Guatemala, Fitch learns the art of regional cooking, the tenses of the local language, and the strength of a people who, despite their own poverty, always have so much to give.

Lebanon: Beautiful War Zone

David Brown spends some time in South Lebanon.  Standing beneath the tattered Hizbollah flag, he gazes over the border at lush green Israel and contemplates the struggles that continue to rage between these two neighboring lands.

New York: New York Wandering

Rachel Quinlivan takes a stroll through the city streets. People watching, book shopping, and coffee drinking, Rachel tries to pinpoint just what makes this artistic, creative city so addictive.