Motoring With Mohammed

One of my favorite things to do when I travel--and wherever I travel--is visit local markets. Some are beautiful, and others downright disgu...

I loved Sana'a from the moment they searched my 9" bag for an illegal television larger than 14". It just didn't quite ma...

Throughout Yemen, kids would see my camera--or sometimes just me with no camera--and pose for a photo, yelling "Soura!" (Arabic fo...

Socotra is a Yemeni archipelago famous for its biodiversity: a full third of the 800 plant species on the islands is endemic. It's about...

Somaliland is a de facto state north of Somalia, and the most bizarre place I've ever been. It is preoccupied with a resolute quest for ...

During the Bush years, many people abroad would respond to the revelation that you're an American with something to the effect of "...