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Easterdan and elections in the Turkaegean

‘No-alcohol trade zone’ I am at the Macrocenter of Cesme, Turkish coast. I ended up checking the shelf of the renowned artichokes (enginarlar) from Urla, despite I was looking for a bottle
March 31, 2024

Craxi – Hammamet

Ristorante Chez Achour Restaurant Chez Achour Monsieur Le President on the walls. Vintage shots with Tunisia’s best-loved Italian, a true celebrity in Hammamet, President Craxi. I am in his favourite restaurant, perhaps my
August 15, 2023

Market Day in Tunis

Fiumicino Airport, Rome, 8 a.m. “A jam croissant and a soy cappuccino, please”. The last lactose-free one, I think, craving the huge and creamy maritozzo in front of me, cursing my intolerances.
August 8, 2023

The Pyramids

One of the Seven Wonders of the World… someone wrote that, on some forgotten day in the Ancient world. Now, before me, Cheops, Khafre, and Menkaure have risen again after millennia of
April 25, 2023

The legend of Abu Simbel

3:30 a.m. The alarm goes off in Aswan. We’re all curled up, silent, puffy-eyed, biting croissants in the riverboat lobby. The Greeks are, as always, chatting away on the deck—their meeting point
April 24, 2023

The Old Cataract Hotel – Aswan

It is a sultry, hot day, the south wind is not blowing, and so the dream of our excursion on a felucca around Elephantine Island also fades. We do it by motor boat, rather
April 23, 2023
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