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On Arabic Sweets and the Middle East: Kunafa – NICHOLAS ANDRIANI
Adventure, adventure travel, Africa, anthropology, aqaba, Arab, Arabia, Arabic, Art, Asia, Authors, backpacker, Backpacking, blog, Blogging, Confession, confessions, culture, Europe, Food, foodie, foodporn, gastronomy, granada, hiking, History, islam, Istanbul, Jordan, journal, journalism, Kansas City, KCMO, lifestyle, literary nonfiction, manuscript, Marrakech, memoir, mena, middle east, Morocco, news, nonfiction, novel writing, novelist, NYC, Poem, poet, Poetry, recipe, romance, Spain, travel, Travel Blog, travel blogger, travel blogging, travel guide, travel writer, travel writing, travelblog, Traveling, Travelogue, Turkey, USA, work in progress, writer, writers, writing tipsAll 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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On the Road Less Traveled : A Personal Essay on the Path of Most Resistance and the Adventure That is Life.
#mondaymotivation, #ThursdayThoughts, #WisdomWednesday, Adventure, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Author, Backpacking, Blogging, Culture, featuring, Food, history, Jordan, memoir, Middle East, NaNoWriMo, Poetry, spiritual, tbex, Travel, travel writing, writingAdventure, adventure travel, amwriting, aqaba, archaeologist, Art, author, Backpacking, blog, Blogging, Camel, copywriter, culture, Desert, freelancer, globetrotting, History, inspiration, Jordan, literary travel, literature, Ma’an, memoir, middle east, middleeast, Novel, novel writing, novelist, personal essay, petra, round the world, rtw, tbex, the road less traveled, travel, Travel Blog, travel blogging, travel writer, travel writing, travelblog, Traveling, Wadi Musa, wadi rum, wanderlust, writers lifeDon’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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Did you know that every week I draw a name from my mailing list and send out a personalized gift? Sign up and you could be next. Who knows, if i’m in Morocco maybe i’ll send you a crystal from the Sahara. If in California, a shell. Or if i’m home in my lonely Middle…
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It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I’ve gone and come back, I’ll find it at home. -RUMI It’s been a while. 160 days or so and the whole world has shed its skin time and time again in the act of revisions and the hopscotch…
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TBEX, TRAVEL BLOGGERS AND NORTH AMERICA
Anthropology, Art, Blogging, cancun, Culture, hotel, Mexico, networking, tbex, tbex cancun, Travel, writing“Tbex is love made visible” –To misquote Khalil Gibran never felt so right Last week I participated in my first Tbex conference. This coming together of like-minded artists in the travel industry has opened my eyes to the potential we have within. From a passionate and lyrical lesson by Don George to the dynamic Dave and Deb from Planet…
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You may have noticed many changes here at Yallah’Bye. In fact, we’re now operating under the banner of Nicholas Andriani–reserving Yallah’Bye for my manuscript alone. Over the next week pages will come and go as we transform this site into a portfolio to showcase my writing and promote my memoir “Yallah’Bye.” Expect to see many changes. The addition…