A man holds up a sign during the Inaugural Parade in Washington D.C., USA (January 2017); a Rohingya boy peeks over a fence at Jamtoli Refugee Camp, Bangladesh (October 2017) In my previous post, I wrote about listening to the Christmas … [Read more]
What Child Is This? (Rohingya Refugee Crisis)
As I prepare this blog post about the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh, I’m sitting at a five-story Starbucks in Kadıköy, a liberal bastion in an increasingly conservative Istanbul, surrounded by hundreds of people and thousands of dollars worth … [Read more]
Back Surgery at Bangkok’s Bumrungrad Hospital
On the evening of October 16, 2007, as I lay flat on my back with an anesthesia mask freshly placed against my face, I looked up at the small group of medical professionals standing around me. It included a particularly cute nurse. My mind rapidly … [Read more]
There Is Only One Sin
In the Panamanian island chain of Bocas del Toro, theft is a problem on some beaches. During the week of my visit in 2008, one couple described being approached by two young men who “asked” for their wallet. They carried no weapon, but their demeanor … [Read more]
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