This week in The Cyprus Files: a journey to the mysterious tip of the Karpas / Karpassia peninsula, the most remote corner of Cyprus.
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Read “The house of the dragoman” in The Cyprus Files
This week in The Cyprus Files, a look at one of the more interesting Ottoman-era institutions in Nicosia—the house of the dragoman, the imperial translator.
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Only a few issues to go vis-a-vis Cyprus! Thanks for reading.
Read “The Roman mosaics at Paphos” in The Cyprus Files
This week in The Cyprus Files, step back into antiquity and learn about the spectacular Roman floor mosaics found in Paphos, and the amazing legacy of ancient art.
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Read “Return to the Buffer Zone” in The Cyprus Files
It was a joy to teach one more writing workshop at the Home for Cooperation in Nicosia last Saturday. Learn more about the session—spotlighted in the Cyprus Mail—and the mission of the H4C in the latest edition of my newsletter.
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Read “Three Castles on Cyprus” in The Cyprus Files
This week in The Cyprus Files—learn about three castles on Cyprus from three different eras: Byzantine, Crusader, and Renaissance.
Each castle has an intriguing cultural or historical connection—whether it be to Assassin’s Creed, the Knights Templar, or Othello!
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Read “Running in the city of gold” in The Cyprus Files
This week in The Cyprus Files: a look at the Akamas area and Polis Chrysochous, the “city flowing with gold.” Polis is an historic area of great beauty—and where I ran my first 5k since the pandemic began.
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Read “The climate crisis in Cyprus” in The Cyprus Files
In the mid-2000s, Cyprus had its worst drought in 900 years. As global temperatures rise, the island will face a climate crisis of great magnitude.
Learn more about the climate crisis in Cyprus in this week’s edition of The Cyprus Files, featuring former Fulbright fellow Nikolas Michael on the climate group “Avli” and their vital work on the island.
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Read “Teaching in the Buffer Zone” in The Cyprus Files
Last week, it was an honor and a joy to co-teach a writing workshop with my Fulbright colleague Janan Alexandra at the Home for Cooperation in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Our workshop, “A True and Beautiful Story: Crafting the Lyric Biography” was organized around the concept of “lyric biography.” This genre allows for an exploration of a person’s life deeper than a conventional recounting of journalistic facts. How can we drive at a deeper truth and understanding through interviews that strike at a poetic understanding of a person’s essence?
Learn more about our initiative in the latest issue of my newsletter, The Cyprus Files. As always, thanks for reading!
Read “Russia, Cyprus, and Ukraine” in The Cyprus Files
How has the Russian invasion of Ukraine affected life in Cyprus? Given Russia’s long history of investment in Cyprus, the impact is substantial.
From The Cyprus Files, the sub-blog of my newsletter, here is a quick primer on the Russian-Cypriot relationship.
Read “Michael P. Branch on his new book, ‘On the Trail of the Jackalope'” in The Usonian
This week in The Usonian, I’m excited to present a fascinating interview with the always eloquent Michael P. Branch on his new humor-filled travelogue, “On the Trail of the Jackalope”—featuring an astounding medical mystery regarding real-life horned rabbits in nature—and how their discovery led to the HPV vaccine.
Read the interview here. Thanks for reading!
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