I’m back. Istanbul is an incredible city. I am at work today and will write more about it this weekend when i get some alone time. I’ve spent more non-stop time with my mom in the past week since i was like 10. For the most part, it was pretty nice. She’ll be goin’ back to Cali tomorrow. I am happy to be back in paris. Only when you leave it, does a place feel like home. I had many conversations about war, New York, politics with my Turkish family who have, what i find to be, a much broader and well-informed perspective than I’ve typically heard in the West. I would say Istanbul is really East Meets West. For example, sitting in my uncle’s living room with my pierced and tattooed cousin watching American CNN showing pictures of a green and pixilated Afghanistan, all the while the voice of the Imam singing the after dinner prayer wafts through the corner window. It really is incredible.
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Nil by Mouth is written by Neille Ilel. Neille is a writer, reporter and user interface specialist in Los Angeles. If you think that's a lot, she's also got a host of meandering sidelines including improv comedy, tennis, cooking, drawing and thinking about learning to play the guitar.
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