I live in a small village in the Vosges Mountains in northeastern France with my four brothers and sisters. My father works in industrial maintenance and my mother takes care of the family. I ...
PARIS — I first heard the news with a text message from my son late last Friday night: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen had spoken by telephone with Donald Trump. I cannot describe the joy I ...
When I told the guy at my neighborhood grocery store in the Turkish city of Istanbul that I was traveling abroad, he said, "Don't come back. Not if you can." I told him I have a life here. ...
-Essay- I recently turned 30, so the math tells me I've already lived through one third of my life. That also means I still have at least 20,000 days to make all of my dreams come true. ...
"If only the world's shattered people carried a sign, a small mark of Cain so that w...
Italy is, still, a deeply sexist country. A recent murder and suicide remind one mother why part ...
This summer, I was arrested in Turkey. It was the wrong time, and I was in the wrong place — visiting the predominantly Kurdish eastern regions of the country. For the first four days I was ...
This is the third and final installment of a three-part series "Couchsurfing In Palestine." Read ...
The second of a three-part series of oral histories from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, so close ...
The first of a three-part series of oral histories from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, so close a...
This is the second installment of a three-part series "Couchsurfing (And Keeping Secrets) In Palestine." ...
With the third major terrorism attack on French soil in 18 months, the question "Why France?...
-Essay- PARIS — Nothing ruins the cheese course more than the smell of burning tires. Yes, it seems, the hour of camembert and brimstone is at ...
-Essay- I am short of breath. My brow is wet with sweat, and my fingertips are tingling. I can't seem to concentrate. I'm happy, but there's this idea nagging ...
From the poor to the pretty rich, women are still stuck with the lion's share of housework and ch...
Each night I return home to one of the greatest luxuries available to human beings: an empty room. There is no one to speak to if I do not wish to make conversation, and no one to make demands of ...
Emma Tobin decided to take a gap year in Africa to work on women's empowerment issues. Li...
The terrorists attacks in Brussels last week provided instant ...
MEXICO CITY — Should we grieve? How should we react to calamities, death and pain? I mean other people's pain, because your own pain is your business, and you ...
PARIS — Our usual spot at Parc Sainte-Périne to plop our blanket and sports equipment for a few hours of recreational escape was already taken when we arrived on Saturday. A group of about 10 ...
A South American writer rethinks the soundtrack of his teenage revolution, concluding that his av...
It's never been easy to categorize people according to their origins, despite the hand-wr...
