Tag Archives: Provinces

2011 Interlude: Lamajuns bridge the culture gap from Cihangir to Watertown, MA


In my last post, I wrote about the hirsute black radishes gracing our kitchen counter…and about how talking about them with M. caused him to remember his childhood afternoons on the way home from school in Istanbul’s Cihangir neighborhood, when … Continue reading

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After the storm: Karagöz puppets gone wild


It was an otherwise glorious scene, blue skies heading to sunset, hot sun fading towards evening, smooth teal Aegean sea with the beginning pink twinges towards twilight, a litter of white adobe houses taking on the pastel hues of nature … Continue reading

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