My friend Tristan is currently in the Middle East and writing interesting things about it on his blog:
Author: Milan
In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. Between 2005 and 2007 I completed an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford. I worked for five years for the Canadian federal government, including completing the Accelerated Economist Training Program, and then completed a PhD in Political Science at the University of Toronto in 2023.
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Thanks for passing this along.
You have to respect him for being willing to go over and see things for himself, despite the regrettable greenhouse gas pollution associated with long journeys.
Very unfortunately, Tristan has had much of his photo gear stolen.