Places
In Kore, the High Cost of Cleaning Up
“A nearby recycling plant,” Kaela La Farge writes from the slums of Addis Ababa, “promises to employ locals to sort trash. But how long will the work last?”
On a Turkish Isle, Cat Paws on Cobblestone
Jason La Farge sends these pictures from Cunda: “Off-season, the island empties, the elements amplify.”
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.”
