Given the extent of globalization, I’m often surprised when a solution which is obviously better is applied in one place and not another. The case I want to talk about here is the solution to the problem of seating a lot of people in your house. In the U.S., if you want to have any sort of …

In the glory days of anthropology, Western researchers would travel all over the world compiling ethnographies of the peoples and cultures they encountered. The goal was impartial and exhaustive recording of what those peoples and societies were like; they were there as dispassionate observers. An …

There are a million pictures of the old medinas of Fes and Marrakesh, and justifiably so. Those are two of the most amazing places on Earth. Just 45 minutes south from Fes, as the old beat up grand taxi drives, however, is a world that attracts much less attention. That is where I had the privilege …