Writing
Essays, field notes, research pieces, conversations and reading lists. Long-form, sourced, and revised when the ground contradicts them.
Travel Journal · 27 July 2014 · 9 min · EN
A nation of Siberian nomads on a trans-civilisational frontier, and the summer pastures that still hold its identity.
Eastern Pamir · Tian Shan · Song Kul · Osh · Fergana valley
Essay · 18 June 2014 · 6 min · EN
Why the Shahnameh's oldest quarrel is an ecological one: the sown land against the sea of grass.
Iranian plateau · Transoxiana · The Eurasian steppe