A Tight Wide-open Space

Starting to make a living in my new country.

The story of how Constantinople became Istanbul.

Playing soccer on Saturday afternoons.

Fleeing one foreign country for momentary solace in the arms of another foreign country.

Blowing up at street urchins.

Picking on hotel managers, receiving standing ovations from large crowds of vacationing Romans.

We revere the same people and celebrate the same stories.

The word jihad doesn't just mean what you might have thought it did.

Going steady, Turkish-style.

Handcrafted copper vases, etched glass, and tea with religious fundamentalists.

Welcome to Istanbul, here are some car bombs.

How I met the girl.

Slaughtering sheep, living in Seattle.

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