Badge of Honor, Ministry of Defense, Ukraine Prologue Nohadra is the Assyrian name for Dohuk, Kurdistan, Iraq. This place has been around...

May 2019 In my search for good coffee in Duhok, I eventually ended up at Cafe au Lait. Among all the coffee shops I had tried, it became...

December 2019 May 2020 Upon arriving in Duhok I was happy to find that my new digs were close to the Rixos Hotel which had decent coffee...

July 2020 very old Sultana Mahdokht (died January 12, 319) was the daughter of Pholar, the Prince of Dorsas. Together with her brothers...

December 2007 the Cham The Champa Kingdom occupied most of central and southern Vietnam. They were an international powerhouse at their...

Tahina factory....amazing place. Fresh tahina is nothing like the stuff you get in stores. There are people literally queued up the road...

Al Roof Restaurant, Gali Duhok. September 2019 Ironically, a relative of the owner of the Rooftop Bar [see: Rooftop Bar], Ryan, opened a...

Bus from Baghdad Duhok Zoo. September 2018 [from FB post: September 7, 2018] The Bus to Normal People come to Duhok from all over Iraq...

From the Albertina Collection, Vienna. May 2019 Lalish Yazidi Temple, Duhok Province June 2020 [from FB post: May 3, 2019] Revan At...

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC December 2021 “And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain...

Ofelia Restaurant and Cafe, Duhok, Iraq. April 2019 [from FB post: April 6, 2019] On the topic of "don't judge too quickly" I was having...

WMF's Balcony. June 2020 How did I make it through the worst of the COVID lockdowns? Luckily, in Duhok, Iraq there were very few...

Lobby, Dilshad Palace Hotel, Dohuk. January 2019 Another coffee venue Like the Rixos Hotel [see: Friday morning coffee], the Dilshad...

Duhok February 2019 The hegemony of the national dish Having lived a large portion of my life overseas, food traditions played a big...

Zawita, Duhok, Iraq. September 2018 When I was a kid, Mom would take me over to Kauffman's bakery in East Prospect as a treat. I loved...

Kebab Shalin, Duhok, Iraq. December 2018 Mrishk or gohsht? The first kebab I ate in Duhok was at Shalin Kebab. I discovered it walking...

Barzani Building, American University of Kurdistan, Semel, Duhok. December 2019 Not a love-fest After Saddam Hussein declared war on his...

Rooftop View, Duhok. February 2020 Zawa Mountain from my rooftop, Duhok. February 2020. [from FB post: February 11, 2020] Three inches...

Vegetarian pizza, Ofelia, Geshtiyar, Duhok. January 2019 Geshtiyar (Kurmanji Kurdish: the tourist) and the others One of the first...

Flag Mountain, Duhok. April 2019 Climbing Flag Mountain with Taha My shoes finally wore out in Duhok with all the walking I had done. I...