Places
The View from Istanbul
As Istanbul grows, writes Brian McKanna, the best place to get a sense of the city’s past and future remains a rooftop, whether rickety or brand new.
The View from the Corniche
Leah Reynolds walks the coastal road in Abu Dhabi: “The Corniche might be riven with contradictions, but the multitudes, myself included, thrill to the sight of an oasis in the desert that is no mirage.”
The View from Djibouti
Rachel Pieh Jones on the hottest country on earth: “Despite the listlessness of the waves, the winds off the ocean where the Red Sea bleeds into the Gulf of Aden provide a soothing breeze.”
Words Made Flesh
Brian McKanna on Istanbul’s newest museum, a project by the Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk: “Pamuk has fashioned a clever, fascinating study into the discrepancies between fact and fabrication.”
The View from a Rickshaw
Chris Watts on what Chennai looks like from the back of a rickshaw: “Chennai roads are a maelstrom of close, breath-brief encounters. Nameless, nearly formless, strangers keep whizzing by.”
