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Vagabonding

My Beirut hostage crisis Taken under the wing of a Lebanese detergent tycoon, our correspondent learns that there's a fine line between hospitality and kidnapping.
By Rolf Potts [06/06/00]

Intrigue under the big screen At a 1-dinar cinema in Amman, Jordan, the real story has little to do with the movie itself.
By Rolf Potts [05/25/00]

Dancing at the blood festival Armed only with curiosity and a stained pair of pants, our correspondent tries to make sense of the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice in Aqaba, Jordan.
By Rolf Potts [05/09/00]

The baksheesh diaries In Egypt, our correspondent discovers that even the simplest experiences sometimes carry a price tag.
By Rolf Potts [04/11/00]

Be your own donkey On an innocent walk into the Libyan Desert, our correspondent discovers just how easily fancied adventures can turn into real ones.
By Rolf Potts [03/28/00]

Uncovering Cairo In which our correspondent makes rabbit stew, views an Egyptian film comedy about America and sees the pyramids in a new light.
By Rolf Potts [03/15/00]

Backpackers' ball at the Sultan Hotel With Flaubert's 1850 letters as a guide, our correspondent explores the enduring allure of opera, orgasm, belly-dancing and other Cairo clichés.
By Rolf Potts [03/14/00]

Skepticism and salvation in Cyprus An unorthodox tour of the second and final tomb of Lazarus puts a strange twist into our correspondent's Larnaca layover.
By Rolf Potts [02/22/00]

Live from the trans-global Beach Nation Leo's new movie may be fiction, but its portrayal of a crowded travel world is based in fact. Our correspondent reports -- from the unlikeliest of places -- on just what is happening.
By Rolf Potts [02/11/00]

Hard lessons in Turkey Our correspondent retraces the thin threads that led to his being drugged and robbed in the heart of Istanbul.
By Rolf Potts [01/19/00]

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