Foreign Correspondent Margot Kiser
Letters to Annie from Kaftanistan
“The Americans are very complicated, aren’t they? On the one hand they are helping us by building roads, dispensaries, schools, but they also seem to want to kill us.”
Seems only fitting that an ancient Muslim tradition was celebrated today with a race between ancient Arab fishing dhows. This part of Eid is less about fasting (Ramadan, a word that reminds me of Papadam) than it is about the journey to Mecca in November. Who goes to Mecca anyway? A successful, middle-aged acquaintance, Hamid, […]
