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Larry Luxner
Larry Luxner is news editor of The Washington Diplomat and a freelance journalist and photographer.
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Sitar Master of Maryland
Arts & Culture
With a lifetime of training from leading sitar virtuosos, Alif Laila is one of few women to achieve international recognition with the mesmerizing instrument whose sound evokes the musical identity of the greater Indian subcontinent. She is as passionate about music as she is about encouraging other women.
The Staying Power of 4stay
History
As an 18-year-old from Tajikistan new to Washington, DC, Akobir Azamovich Akhmedov could barely afford the city’s high rents. A dozen years later, he is cofounder and CEO of 4stay, where his plug-and-play approach to long-term accommodations is reshaping the market.
Disease Detectives of Lebanon
Science & Nature
Dropping into bat caves to examine and swab their inhabitants is a day’s work for the epidemiologists at the Beirut-based biomedical research lab Human Link, whose sleuthing in 2012 helped fight mers. Now they are on the case to help the world find a vaccine to prevent covid-19.
The Middle East on a Plate
Arts & Culture
His roadside discovery of a discarded Lebanese license plate kindled the author’s 30-year passion for license plates from the Middle East and North Africa. Along the way, he often found pleasant and humorous stories, as well as bright artifacts of the diversity of daily life.
Washington’s Museum of Palestine
Arts & Culture
What started as a traveling exhibit of history, culture and art opened this year as one of the newest museums in Washington, dc, in a former residence in the Adams Morgan neighborhood.
Reviving the North Aral Sea
Science & Nature
A decade after Kazakhstan completed a dam, fish are returning to the northern reaches of the inland sea that became a global icon of environmental collapse.
北咸海重返生机 (Reviving the North Aral Sea) - Aral Sea Chinese
A decade after Kazakhstan completed a dam, fish are returning to the northern reaches of the inland sea that became a global icon of environmental collapse.
북아랄해의 소생 (Reviving the North Aral Sea) - Aral Sea Korean
A decade after Kazakhstan completed a dam, fish are returning to the northern reaches of the inland sea that became a global icon of environmental collapse.
Revivendo o Mar de Aral do Norte - Aral Sea Portuguese
A decade after Kazakhstan completed a dam, fish are returning to the northern reaches of the inland sea that became a global icon of environmental collapse.
El mar de Aral Norte cobra vida - Aral Sea Spanish
Diez años después de la construcción de un dique en Kazajistán, los peces regresan a los confines del norte de un mar interior que se convirtió en un símbolo mundial del colapso medioambiental.