“From Xizang and Qinghai.”

“From Xizang and Qinghai.”

Guy Mettan’s travels in Tibet. Guy Mettan, the distinguished Swiss journalist, memorably reported for The Floutist, here and here, from the Donbas, formerly the eastern provinces of Ukraine and now incorporated into the Russian Federation. Mettan was and remains one of the few correspondents to…

“And so we avert our eyes.”

“And so we avert our eyes.”

The mirror Palestinians hold up to us. Some images and press pieces—pictures, videos, media reports—come to me lately. They arrive separately, one to another over a period of a days. And I am moved to share them now because, when…