On the Road Less Traveled : A Personal Essay on the Path of Most Resistance and the Adventure That is Life.

June 1, 2019June 2, 2019

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Interview with Maria Rochelle

May 31, 2019May 31, 2019

Adventure, Africa, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Author, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Europe, featuring, Food, foodie, Guest Blog, history, Kansas City, memoir, Middle East, Morocco, networking, Travel, writing, No Comments

On Arabic Sweets and the Middle East: Kunafa

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019

Anthropology, Art, asia, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Food, foodie, gastronome, Gastronomia, Gastronomy, history, Islam, Istanbul, Jordan, Middle East, recipe, Travel, travel writing, Turkey, 21 Comments

Do You Shampoo? Eat Curry? Celebrating the Life of Sake Dean Mahomed – On Influential Muslims

January 16, 2019

#WisdomWednesday, Culture, history, Indian, Influential Muslims, inspiration, Islam, Islamic History, Travel, writing, No Comments

Monday Motivation with Lao Tzu

December 10, 2018

#mondaymotivation, Adventure, asia, backpacker, Backpacking, Blogging, Book Blog, books, bookstagram, buddhism, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Culture, education, gofundme, Guest Blog, meditation, mindfulness, Poem, poet, Poetry, spiritual, spirituality, taoism, tbex, the writers life, Thought Provoking, writing, 7 Comments

The Wandering Scholar(ship): College Fund

June 27, 2018September 8, 2018

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On the Revolutionary Power of Diverse Thought: Elif Shafak

June 10, 2018June 10, 2018

Arabic, Art, Author, Authors, Culture, Globalization, interview, Islam, Istanbul, literature, politics, Thought Provoking, writing, No Comments

Flash Poem to Self: “Be confident, not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar:” On Writing, the Bohemian Lifestyle, and Balancing Art/Mind.

April 29, 2018May 28, 2018

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New York City and the Hunt for Turkish Shoes.

February 28, 2018June 30, 2018

#WisdomWednesday, Art, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, memoir, NYC, Review, Travel, travel writing, USA, writing, 7 Comments

El Violin: Valencia ( A Love Poem to the Spanish City of Oranges

February 21, 2018February 20, 2018

Adventure, airbnb, backpacker, Backpacking, City Guide, Culture, Europe, history, networking, Poetry, Road Trip, Spain, Travel, travel writing, travelblog, writing, No Comments

Sketching Sights: Istanbul, City on the Edge (Art. Travel. Writing. Islam. Architecture)

January 17, 2018January 19, 2018

Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, asia, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Europe, foodie, history, Istanbul, Middle East, Poetry, Sketching Sites, Travel, travel writing, Turkey, Watercolor, 5 Comments

Sketching Sights: Burma

July 1, 2017July 8, 2017

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NaNoWriMo : Into the Wild

November 4, 2014

Adventure, Africa, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Author, Backpacking, City Guide, Culture, Food, foodie, Gastronomy, gaza, Grece, history, Islam, israel, Istanbul, Jordan, Kansas City, memoir, Middle East, Morocco, NaNoWriMo, palestine, Poetry, Spain, spiritual, tbex, Travel, travel writing, west bank, writing, 9 Comments

The Sabah House Rules: New York City and the Hunt for Turkish Yemenis

October 12, 2014December 12, 2018

Art, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, memoir, NYC, Review, Travel, travel writing, USA, writing, 13 Comments

TBEX, TRAVEL BLOGGERS AND NORTH AMERICA

September 22, 2014November 15, 2014

Anthropology, Art, Blogging, cancun, Culture, hotel, Mexico, networking, tbex, tbex cancun, Travel, writing, 17 Comments

Sketching Sights: Burma on My Mind

August 12, 2014December 11, 2014

Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, asia, Backpacking, Blogging, Culture, Hiking, history, memoir, Poetry, Sketching Sites, tbex, Travel, travel writing, Watercolor, 15 Comments

Rally For A Two-State Solution

July 28, 2014July 30, 2014

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Abbot Kinney Part I: Another Kind of Sunrise

June 10, 2014September 2, 2014

American Road Trip, Art, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Food, foodie, gastronome, Gastronomia, Gastronomy, Road Trip, Travel, travel writing, USA, 14 Comments

A case in Airbnb

June 2, 2014September 2, 2014

airbnb, california, City Guide, Culture, hotel, Review, Road Trip, Travel, travel writing, USA, 18 Comments

Sketching Sights: Galata Tower (Istanbul, Turkey)

March 6, 2014January 18, 2015

Art, asia, Backpacking, City Guide, Culture, Europe, history, Istanbul, Middle East, Sketching Sites, Travel, travel writing, Watercolor, 13 Comments