Category: Middle East
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Reality is Dead, Long Live Reality!
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in Adventure, Art, Artist’s Journey, augmented reality, Between the Sun and Us, books, Both, And, Call to Action, choose your own adventure, college, comparative literature, creativewriting, creativity, education, educational game design, educational technology, hero’s journey, Heroine’s Journey, memoir, Middle East, mindfulness, Mizzou, Morocco, Museum, narrative design, Narratology, Notes from the Underground, true story, writingI woke up today with a question rattling in my head like a loose screw in the machinery of modern life: What does it mean to create in an era of collapsing reality? Everywhere I turn, the fractures are widening. The things we once called truth, fact, or even just a shared reality are dissolving…
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On the Road Less Traveled : A Personal Essay on the Path of Most Resistance and the Adventure That is Life.
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Don’t be victimized by the culture of fear. Our planet is waiting to be explored, to reveal it’s secrets to you, to me, to any who dare ask, it will expose you to the raw truths of life. To the quarks of distant cultures and alien tongues. To disgusting foods and delicious cuisines, to dangerous…
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Fast Times at Ilium: The Glorious Lives & Deaths Homer’s Iliad
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in Academia, Adventure, ancient mediterranean studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, asia, asian studies, Blogging, comparative literature, Crete, Dissertation, education, English, essay, Europe, folklore, history, inspiration, Islamic History, literary nonfiction, literature, Middle East, Mizzou, Mythology, nonfiction, phd, philosophy, Poem, poet, Poetry, politics, recipe, Review, stream-of-consciousness, study abroad, the university of missouri, the writers life, Thesis, writingKeeping with the dualistic nature of Epic literature to be a hero requires great tragedy. One must all at once bring and preserve life while taking it. Within this text, war is clearly demarcated as a symbol of achieving glory.
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Interview with Maria Rochelle
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in Adventure, Africa, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Author, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Europe, featuring, Food, foodie, Guest Blog, history, Kansas City, memoir, Middle East, Morocco, networking, Travel, writingGet to know Nicholas over this discussion on travel, literature, writing, life, love and losing oneself in the beautiful madness of modern life.
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On Arabic Sweets and the Middle East: Kunafa
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in Anthropology, Art, asia, Backpacking, Blogging, City Guide, Culture, Food, foodie, gastronome, Gastronomia, Gastronomy, history, Islam, Istanbul, Jordan, Middle East, recipe, Travel, travel writing, TurkeyAll of these things are true… I had been in Jordan for several weeks and my love affair with Arabian sweets had reached a lofty peak. In fact, I would begin and end each day with a platter of pastries, smothered in honeys and syrups that would flood through heaps of pistachios on my plate. Then it happened… I…
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“The Dying of Baal,” A Poem by Helen Wing
“The Dying of Baal,” A Poem by Helen Wing “…Oh Syria! With the god of Storm and Dew now thunder-mute in Homs, Aleppo, Damascus and Palmyra… ”