Egyptian Ruins A year after its destruction, Cairo’s Museum of Islamic Art remains a bombed-out shell. Read More
Larp Comes Out of the Shadows At the most influential Live Action Role-Playing gathering of its kind, the weirdest thing isn’t wizards or witches—it’s new-found fame.
Soccer and Tear Gas An amateur team in Turkish Kurdistan competes against a backdrop of police violence and a moribund peace process.
Law in the Great Sand Sea In Egypt’s frontier, a centuries-old code of tribal law is losing its sway.
City of Forgotten Souls In Kolkata, a tranquil and crumbling British cemetery is a haunting monument to an unforgiving time.
Australia’s Temple of Weird A controversial museum featuring a poo machine and the chocolate-coated entrails of a suicide bomber, has bolstered tourism in Tasmania.
Borneo’s Tribal Punk In the foothills of Mount Kinabalu, Southeast Asia’s tallest mountain, an artist collective fights punk’s global homogenization by mixing local political issues with DIY art.
The Big Red Center The Ghan—a three-day, 1,850-mile train journey—is the best way to experience the vastness of the Australian outback.
Colombia’s Bloom Boom On farms outside Bogotá, Valentine’s Day is less hearts and kisses and more big bucks and sore backs.