Places
The Fish in the Clouds
Rachel Pieh Jones unravels a mystery on the streets of Dire Dawa: “I’m not sure which is more implausible: that fish fall from clouds or that the government could come up with such a creative ruse to pacify a potential conflict.”
The London We Don’t Want to See
Brian McKanna on what the gentrification of the city’s mews, or horse stables, reveals about our obsession with history.
You Can’t Go Home Again
Rachel Pieh Jones profiles a Yemeni American struggling to make a life in a new country: a�?It is so expensive here,a�? Ibrahim said. a�?I cana��t work. My kids arena��t in school. We dona��t speak French. We feel so much stress.a�?
Letter from Erzurum
Brian McKanna writes from Turkey’s coldest city: “Will Russia cut off our natural gas? The answer is always the same: It doesna��t matter. We can make it through winter without gas. We can always burn our tezek.”
Harmony in the Snow
Ruth Ingram on a park in Urumqi: “Nobody looks twice at the backwards walkers banging their backs against the trees. Nobody stares at the people standing for long periods on one leg.”
‘They Want to Be Here’
Rachel Pieh Jones writes about a remarkable school in Djibouti City: “The kids in this neighborhood prompted me to write articles about sexual harassment and rage. Then I met the kids at Saadaa��s school.”
