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From city to summit: Trekking Nepal's Langtang Valley

The peaks of Langtang are visible from Kathmandu on a clear day.

Trekking + Exploring »

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Glimpse Graduate Program: Apply now for an immersive travel journalism mentorship

You have until July 31 to get your application in. Don't miss this intensive educational...

MatadorU News »

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No baguette for you: On being gluten intolerant in France

I say "No, thank you" to the offered pastry and accept the quizzical, hurt look from the...

Food »

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Riding the white horse: On being foreign in South Korea

I wasn’t the sexualized Western female, the fat American, the junior coworker.

Glimpse »

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Myanmar transported: The Yangon Circular Railway

The train signal boy stands with a flashlight and flag to signal the trains to proceed.

Culture Guides »

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Conversations on war and migration in Quetzaltenango

“I knew a boy who died in the desert.”

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From fertile soil: Open-air markets in Ukraine

The soviet regime stole any possible food, ensuring the death of the peasant class.

Food »

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My Grenadian education

“So. Why medicine?” my interviewer asked, as he sat in a chair across from me.

Expat Life »

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Quetzalcoatl and Jesus Christ: The rise of Mormons in Mexico City

I couldn't enter without a “temple recommend,” a document vouching for my worthiness.

Religion »

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Notes from the edge of an environmental crisis: Myanmar's Lake Inle in peril

As with any complex ecological dilemma, there is no single easy solution.

Culture Guides »

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Behind the scenes with the elite women runners of Lebanon

The women of Inter-Lebanon reminded me what running with a team really offers: a family.

Running »

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Remembrance and blood: The Ashura festival in Lebanon

I had heard about the smell of blood, but never imagined what a bitter taste it would...

Photo Essay »

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This is the ceremony: The search for Maya spirituality at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

The hollowness I feel is more disappointment than hunger. God will break your heart.

Spirituality »

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Notes from the covert world of Korean shamanism

"Her voice completely changed and her eyes rolled back into her head."

Culture Guides »

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The Award for Happiness: Prostitution in the Philippines

The first time I went to a brothel in Alaminos, it was by accident.

Glimpse »

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Correspondent

There is no one story of love lost

No single, clean narrative to offer up.

Glimpse »

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Being there when the shit goes down in Beirut [PICs]

In Beirut to witness the aftermath of the recent bombing.

World Events »

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The slow demise of Mexico City’s organilleros

The organilleros feel like part of another era, cranking out Mexican classics from the...

Glimpse »

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Art as reconciliation in Côte d’Ivoire

An artistic renaissance in Côte d’Ivoire after a decade of civil war.

Human Rights »

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How will Christians and Muslims coexist in the new Egypt?

After the death of the Coptic Pope and a new president, what does the future hold for...

Christianity »

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Finding one's place in Kibera

Kibera is the tale told to describe what occurs when globalization and poverty collide to...

Glimpse »

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Rebelles: Ivorian women fight for change

To read about Abidjan was to imagine a feral energy crackled around every corner.

Glimpse »

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Final week to apply to the Glimpse Correspondents Program

The application period for Fall 2012 ends on July 30th.

Glimpse »

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The revolution, reflected in Cairo's Date Market

Wekalet al-Balah is emerging as a symbol of revived Egyptian independence.

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The contested streets of Cochabamba

“Don't worry,” a woman laughs, “it's only dynamite.”

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We are all foreigners, almost everywhere

"I’m older now," I thought. "Someone else. And this is where it happened."

Glimpse »

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Nairobi's gay rights revolution

A gay rights revolution is sweeping Nairobi.

Relationships »

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To hell with good intentions

Were we getting more out of visiting the children than the children were getting out of...

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