Our story on environmental migrants moving en masse to the megacity of Dhaka is finally in The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times. Thanks to photojournalist Ross Taylor’s fantastic images, the story was the front-page centerpiece of the global NYT edition. (Here’s the front page of the IHT’s Asia edition.)
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Now in the IHT/NYT: The latest story from Bangladesh
January 4, 2010 – 3:21 am
By Joanna Kakissis
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Also posted in Environment, General News, My Articles
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Tagged Atiq Rahman, Bangladesh, Barisal, climate change, Dhaka, environmental migrants, International Herald Tribune, Korail, mega-cities, Rabab Fatima, Saleemul Huq, slums
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Ottoman Whispers in a Secret Corner of Greece
June 27, 2009 – 1:58 pm
THE old men in skullcaps hiked up the cobblestone steps in the last bruised light of dusk. They passed Gypsy merchants draped in rugs that were for sale, engineering students on post-cafe strolls and children chattering in an acrobatic blend of Greek, Turkish and the Slavic language of the Pomaks. They didn’t notice I was [...]
By Joanna Kakissis
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Tagged East Macedonia, Greece, Kavala, Komotini, Ottoman, Pomakochoria, Pomaks, Rhodope, Thrace, Travel, Xanthi
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Days of Wild Oregano and Goatherds
August 22, 2008 – 2:34 pm
THE NEW YORK TIMES
July 27, 2008
Journeys | Crete
Days of Wild Oregano and Goatherds
A SPIRALING, slightly treacherous dirt road leads to Aspros Potamos, an enclave of 300-year-old cottages in eastern Crete once used by olive farmers and goatherds. Peaceful and primitive, with stone floors, oil lamps for light and a starry night sky, the cottages, [...]
By Joanna Kakissis
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Tagged Aspros Potamos, Crete, donkeys, Greece, Itanos, oregano, Palaikastro
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Edging Closer in a Divided Capital
May 17, 2008 – 2:37 pm
The New York Times
May 18, 2008
Journeys | Nicosia, Cyprus
LIKE most of Nicosia, the Atolye Cadi Kazani Cafe feels nostalgic. It is awash in jazzy piano music, the scent of cardamom-spiced coffee and an Ottoman ambience that reminds the owner, Nilgun Guney, of her grandmother’s house.
“This is the magic zone,” said Ms. Guney, a Turkish Cypriot [...]
By Joanna Kakissis
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Tagged Cyprus, Greece, Nicosia, Turkey
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36 Hours in Athens
May 3, 2008 – 3:24 pm
The New York Times
May 4, 2008
FOR years, Athens was little more than a one-night stand on the way to the Greek isles. Concretized and crowded, it lived off its archaeological sites and dirty-dancing-on-tables night life. But now a visit has become more than just a quickie for the sake of the Parthenon. Athens is reinventing [...]
By Joanna Kakissis
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Tagged Acropolis, Athens, Evzones, Mount Hymettus, National Gardens
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High on a Hill, With an Acropolis View
April 23, 2008 – 5:16 am
The New York Times
April 20, 2008
Greek myth has it that an enraged Athena created Lycabettus Hill after she dropped an uprooted mountain she intended to use for construction of the Acropolis. This “other hill” turned out to be the tallest in Athens, at about 900 feet above sea level. Named after the [...]
By Joanna Kakissis
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Tagged Athens, Greece, Mount Lycabettus
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