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Otranto’s Marvellous Medieval Mosaic

We recently spent a few weeks in Otranto, the easternmost city of Italy’s mainland whose geographical situation—close to the Balkan peninsula—has shaped much of...

Tantalizing Tunisia

In January we visited Tunisia, which was (and remains) something of mystery to me. Despite that, the country has left me with vivid memories:...

Pots and Peucetians

Bari has a wonderful, recently renovated museum devoted to ancient archeological finds on the Salentine peninsula (the heel of Italy’s ‘boot’). While it’s much...

Ten Saudi Women Writers

This week, to celebrate the release of an audiobook version of Girls of the Empty Quarter (also published as Teacher, We Girls!), my memoir...