If you’re contemplating expatriation, as many are these days, you’d be in stellar company. Notable African American expats include performer Josephine Baker, writer James Baldwin, scholar W.E.B. Du Bois and multi-genre artist Barbara Chase-Riboud, to name a few. Baker fled the racism of 1920s America to find fame and fortune as a top entertainer in France. During World War II, she further endeared herself to her adopted homeland by becoming a spy for the French Resistance. S

Isisara Bey asks the question that changes everything: what if you dared to step away from the familiar and immerse yourself in something entirely new?

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If roti has a North African cousin, it must be msemen, one of the many breads of Morocco. Another is kobsz, a classic Moroccan flatbread. Or try a meloui, a pancake that pairs nicely with butter, honey and fruit. Then there’s baghrir, reminiscent of a spongy crepe. From the city to the countryside to the desert, an array of savory breads are made fresh daily and ready for consumption from breakfast to dinner. Of course, all of the breads of Morocco serve as utensils for

Wild, uninhabited, desolate, forbidden. Though the desert may appear devoid of life, it is anything but! It is arid land, yet it teems with life. Driving a jeep in the peaks and valleys of the desert is like being on a roller coaster, or an ocean-skimming speed boat. It takes experience and skill to know when to gun the motor, which way to turn the wheel, and how to navigate the gullies and waves of sand that stretch to the horizon. Hot in the day, cold at night, it forces s

It’s called Zellij, the striking patterns painted or carved on plaster or wood known the world over as Moorish tile art. Endless combinations of squares, triangles, stars, diamonds, polygons and crosses, fit together in precise mosaics on walls, ceilings and floors in buildings and gardens all over Morocco. Math marries artistic expression. Enhancing these mosaic patterns are colors, usually brown, white, green saffron, blue and black. These, in turn, match with the basic

Picture this: climbing Kilimanjaro and a Mayan pyramid, scuba diving in a school of sharks in Tahiti, riding on top of a vintage train in the English countryside. Along with pursuing these adventuresome experiences, Michael Crichton was a medical doctor, a bestselling author, a film and TV director/producer, and inveterate adventurer of the outer and inner realms whose fame and fortune continues to outlive him. Crichton’s bestsellers have dominated popular culture for decade

Are you ready for some sobering statistics? The poorest 40% of the world’s population accounts for 5% of global income. Nearly half of all humanity lives on $2 or less per day. 80% lives on $10 or less a day. That means that you and I and nearly everyone we know are rich in comparison. But I know we don’t often think so. More often than not we think we don’t make enough money, or we can’t afford insurance, or unemployment runs out too quickly, or college costs too much, or

A couple of years ago, my daughter and I took a spring break cruise of the Greek Isles with a group of parents and children from the United Nations School. It was 8 days and nights of visiting strolling around Athens, followed by sailing to ancient ruins on several islands in chilly weather on choppy seas. One of our ports of call was the Turkish town of Kusadasi to see what’s left of the ancient city of Ephesus. The ruins came to life through the vivid storytelling of our