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On the Eggplant Theory of Political Violence in Iraq

8/13/2024 2:10:09 PM

Moving Mountains -- Front-End Engineering in Watercolor

12/30/2023 12:05:33 PM

On Movin' Up!

6/22/2023 5:30:17 PM

Two Ancestors, Same Civil War battle. One lived, One died.

5/31/2023 1:58:12 PM

Annals of a Middle East Treat

4/22/2023 8:01:28 PM

On Finding a Painting at the Foot of Saladin's Citadel in Cairo

7/17/2022 3:33:45 PM

Thanks for the Memories, Vladimir

4/15/2022 1:56:13 PM

Pumpkin Time

11/7/2021 1:35:23 PM

This is for the Birds

7/16/2021 5:32:47 PM

Great Mosque of the 'Umayyads: Oldest Extant Monumental Mosque

5/6/2021 8:39:36 PM

It's Not for the Lobster

2/14/2021 7:18:05 PM

A Holiday Gift Shop; on the Challenges of Recreating an 1800s Mideast Scene

11/14/2020 7:28:42 PM

Pierce & Pearce: on Art, Diplomacy, and the Connection to Watercolors

10/2/2020 8:31:31 PM

Hearing from Hal: Pearls before Swine and Remembering the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait

8/13/2020 2:34:23 PM

On a Winter Beach Walk, the Old Quarter of Constantine in Algeria, and a Reception for Foreign Service Artists

2/25/2020 6:51:37 PM

Outside the Beltway Looking In, AFSA Showcases FS Artists, a House Portrait

1/24/2020 7:15:47 PM

The Hair of Mu'aawiya

7/22/2019 10:21:52 PM

Water Carrier and Donkey, Kuwait, circa 1929, after photo by Dickson

12/15/2018 8:33:29 PM

What Next in Saudi Arabia After Khashoggi?

11/30/2018 2:30:03 PM