Articles
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Hungary’s Cultural Purge Gathers Pace
The worrying rise of ‘illiberal democracy’ in the heart of Europe. Published in New Internationalist.
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Dubai’s Labour Trap
Investigating the plight of South Asian migrant workers in the UAE in the economic slump. Published in Political Insight.
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Searching for Reality in Dubai
Surviving six nightmarish weeks in the world’s most hyperbolic city.
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Ethiopia’s Endangered Democracy
How dissent is being crushed in the West’s key Horn of Africa ally. Published in New Internationalist.
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In the Lap of the Gods
A three-day pilgrimage in Kashmir to the sacred Shiva-lingam of Amarnath. Published in Guardian Travel.
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Melting Mountains
The devastating impacts of glacier collapse on the Valley of Kashmir.
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Promised Lands
As Rastafarians seek a spiritual return Ethiopia, Ethiopia’s ancient Jewish population flees to Israel. A portrait of two exiles.
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Cartoon Tourism
The troubling world of ‘tribal safaris’ and the impact of tourism on Ethiopia’s Omo Valley.
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The City of Tolerance
Exploring the streets of Harar, Ethiopia’s city of three religions.
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A Failure of Vision
A descent into Ffos-y-Fran, the UK’s last open-cast coal mine. Published in Natur Cymru.
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Language Loss in Lapland
How Sámi languages are resisting linguistic extinction in the frozen north of Finland. Published in Resurgence & Ecologist.
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A New Notion of the Sacred
How sacred groves, rivers, forest and mountains are helping preserve biodiversity in India. Published in Search.
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Sámi Struggle and the Global Extinction Crisis
How one Sámi language was saved from disappearance deep in the Finnish Arctic. Published in Search.
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Last Sight of a Melting Glacier
A journey to the vanishing Kolahoi Glacier of Indian Kashmir. Published in The Contemporary Review.
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How Green Was My Valley?
In Indian Kashmir, melting glaciers threaten to exacerbate political tensions. Published in The Economist.
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Pilgrimage, Politics and Pollution
What a pilgrimage to a sacred cave reveals about the environment and politics of Kashmir.
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Melting Gods
As sacred mountains melt due to climate change, our oldest gods are vanishing. Published in Resurgence & Ecologist.
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The Exact Same Sensation as This
On being lost, drugs and timelessness on Guatemala’s lake of wandering souls.