Saturday, January 16, 2010

Sink or Swim

“I’m Kurdish. What do you know about the Kurds?” the attractive man at the sidewalk cafĂ© asked me. Scrambling for a witty response, I said the first thing that popped into my travel-weary head.
Uzbek rings of folkdancers by CS Bayar
Uzbek rings of folkdancers by CS Bayar
“Lonely Planet says not to talk about the Kurds while I’m here in Turkey. All I know from the media in the States is that they’re either refugees or terrorists. Which are you?”

http://www.expatharem.com/2010/01/15/sinkorswim/Sink or swim