Since it’s been so long since I’ve had truly substantive posts on this blog, I thought I would highlight for new readers some of my favorites–the entries that I’m most proud of.
Below are a series of posts I did on religion:
The Reuse of Religious Sites series, in which I explore religious sites that have passed between conquering religions, is one of my favorites: 1, 2, 3.
In this post, I ponder the difference between the word Islamic and the word Muslim.
In this series, I consider how the history and practice of Islam is distinct in certain countries/regions: Indonesia, Balkans, China, India.
This is a thought piece on Tibetan Buddhism.
Some more meditative pieces on travel generally:
Traveling rich and poor, On deprivation
I did two multipart history series, on Iran and India, which give quite a broad overview of the history of those two nations/empires:
Iran: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
India: 1, 2, 3
For geography nerds: panhandles and quadripoints, Gibraltar and Ceuta