LAST WORD Christian Iran Christopher Thornton On a dimly lit side street in central Tehran, a bright yellow light shines above a wooden door. Step inside and you might imagine you had left the...
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THE LAST WORD Spontaneous Tolerance Christopher Thornton On a late December afternoon in central Kathmandu, children fresh from the confinement of classrooms play in a courtyard, called a chowk...
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To Catch a Thief Christopher Thornton Shortly after the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, I was walking along the Corniche, the Nile promenade, as the sun was setting. The sails of feluccas were...
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The Last Word Open Doors Christopher Thornton It is an ordinary summer afternoon at the Church of the Annunciation in Chisinau, Moldova. Visitors enter to light pencil-thin votive candles,...
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The Last Word The Persian Version Christopher Thornton Ask most people in the West what images they associate with the words “Middle East” and you’ll likely get descriptions of oil wells,...
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THE LAST WORD Feeling the Chill Christopher Thornton The festivities were over and life in Esfahan, Iran's third largest city several hundred miles south of Tehran, had returned to normal. The...
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The Last Word Riding with Abdul Christopher Thornton Heat waves rise from the sunburnt landscape as I rest in the shade of a stone column. I am in the Syrian countryside, walking in the...
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