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A Life of Words: A Conversation With Zahran Alqasmi

For as long as poet and novelist Zahran Alqasmi can remember, his life in Mas, an Omani village about 170 kilometers south of the capital of Muscat, in the northern wilayat (province) of Dima Wattayeen, books permeated every part of his world. “I was raised in a family passionate about prose literature and poetry,” Alqasmi recalls. 

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Flavors: Chocolate Date Torte

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This see-through date is also known as “the translucent;” in Arabic, noor means light. Not long ago, at a long, lazy lunch, I enjoyed delicious North African—inspired date and prune torte enrobed in smooth chocolate, not unlike this one.

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In this video, photographer Rebecca Marshall teaches you how to make your own anthotype.
Anthotypes are unique impressions made with nature's own photosenstive pigments from petals, berries and in this case, fig leaves.

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