Situated somewhere between tragedy and peace, lush greenery and an ever-growing influx of tourists, Hiroshima’s harrowing past seems to be kept hidden. At first glance,…
Is this what the birth of a nation looks like? A rushed ballot in a half-filled parliament? A unilateral declaration of independence without any assurances…
“I want you to fuck off and never come back.” These were my male superior’s last words to me. I always knew workplace bullying existed,…
The past year or so, I’ve seen an influx in my Facebook feed of people beseeching their friends to fund their various lifestyle activities. Shamelessly…
A few hours passed and I met my friends out the front of the club I had recently been kicked out of. I had no…
A night out in Yangon will probably start on a rooftop somewhere, watching the sun set over the glittering Shwedagon Pagoda. This will likely be…
A series of odd life decisions left me working at a pilgrim’s campsite on the banks on the river Yamuna, hidden in the Himalayas. From…
We really want Muslims to condemn terrorism. Really though. We unfairly expect the Muslim community to speak out against each incidence of violence these days….
Walking around the neon-saturated streets of Akihabara, Tokyo’s Electric Town, it doesn’t take you long to “accidentally” walk into a Hentai shop (anime porn). Innocent…
Dear (ex-)best friend, Things just aren’t the way they used to be. In fact, they were pretty hostile there for a while. We’ve all read…
Sometimes when you travel, you meet people whose impact on you far outweighs the time you spend with them. For me, Luke was one of…
When someone mentions the Middle East, words like “war”, “terrorism”, “oppression”, and “extremism” come to mind more quickly than “peace be unto you”. I admit that…
