Turkey is not only at a national crossroads, but also navigating tense moments with its NATO allies, especially the United States.
My piece for USA Today —(Photo: Sedat Suna, European Pressphoto Agency)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2016/08/10/voices-turkey-search-path-normal/88512176/
Mother, daughter, sister, microbiologist – Darie Alikaj fled bombs and snipers in Aleppo and now mirrors a world of refugee survival in Turkey – My piece for UNHCR
http://tracks.unhcr.org/2016/05/a-syrian-scientist-in-exile/
From Kenya, to Nepal to Turkey — our dog Biko has experienced the red tape and complexities of international travel. Here’s a dog’s tale. My story for NPR.
This picture of Biko was taken on the southern edge of the Kathmandu Valley during one of our regular weekend hikes. We were stopped on this knoll, watching a traditional Newar funeral procession.
photo credit: Tolga Bozoglu, European Pressphoto Agency
After 2 suicide bombings in a week – my piece for USA Today
My latest from Ankara Turkey for PRI
photo:Credit: Umit Bektas/Reuters
http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-15/crater-repaired-its-harder-push-past-damage-ankara
Photo credit: (c)Bradley Wong – A maternity ward in a rural hospital in Nepal
Nepal is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. Hospitals are short of medicine and fuel due to a border blockade. They are cooking with firewood and delaying many surgeries. The rural areas are particularly hard hit In the midst of it, I ended up having emergency surgery. My piece for NPR.
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My piece for The Daily Beast on the utter devastation in the villages and towns of Eastern Nepal.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/02/nepal-one-week-after-the-big-one.html
My piece in the Daily Beast on the grim reality of life in Nepal
