Culture
Tough as Leather
For nearly fifty years, Nedim Kurban has been crafting leather in Istanbul’s Kadikoy neighborhood.
Spreading the Love
In Sweden, they add tubed caviar. In the Netherlands, butter and sprinkles. In Germany, it’s raw pork and onions. Tara Thomas runs down seven bizarre things that Europeans spread on bread.
To Find a House, To Make a Home
In Djibouti, writes Rachel Pieh Jones, the work of dilals, or house finders, is unheralded yet profound: “Home becomes our place of melding the old and new, familiar and foreign, into the shape of our own liking.”
The Rug Men of Casablanca
At a Moroccan bazaar, carpet salesmen worry about the future of their trade: a�?When my son was small,” says Muhammed Lgraoui, “he came to work with me. Not anymore. I dona��t know what will happen to my shop when I die.a�?
In Xinjiang, a Battle Over Bread
“Fears of encroachment by Han Chinese in Xinjiang,” writes Ruth Ingram, “have produced a conflict of interests where food is a key battleground.”
The Tower Builders of Catalonia
In Valls, a small town west of Barcelona, people have been standing on each other’s shoulders for centuries.
