FASHION WEEK
- All
- Art
- Balkan
- Baltic states, Finland
- Belarus
- Charity
- Children
- Choices in life
- Corruption
- Culture differences
- Daily life
- Featured
- Greece
- Israel
- Morocco
- Netherlands, Germany, UK
- Places
- Places 2
- Poland
- Post communism
- Proud of who I am
- Reflection and opinion
- Rest of the world
- Rumania Moldova
- Small business
- Social and political structures
- Social reporting
- Special encounters
- Sweden
- The War
- Ukraine, Georgia
More
DON'T MISS
- All
- Art
- Balkan
- Baltic states, Finland
- Belarus
- Charity
- Children
- Choices in life
- Corruption
- Culture differences
- Daily life
- Featured
- Greece
- Israel
- Morocco
- Netherlands, Germany, UK
- Places
- Places 2
- Poland
- Post communism
- Proud of who I am
- Reflection and opinion
- Rest of the world
- Rumania Moldova
- Small business
- Social and political structures
- Social reporting
- Special encounters
- Sweden
- The War
- Ukraine, Georgia
More
Andrea at the Gara in Brašov Rumania
Roma and Sinti in Rumania
November 2016
Andrea asks me habla Espagnol? She gestures: she is hungry. The three gypsy girls circle around me like a...
LATEST NEWS
2026 06 Ghana, Bolgatanga, Navrongo Shea
The rash story of Shea butter from Northern Ghana
Quiet Light, Steady Strength, The Rhythm of Rwanda
2025 08 Rwanda, Kigali and the Twin Lakes
Every morning at eight, Jeanette Dusengimana arrives. She is the cleaning and washing lady in the modest...
Past and Future at the Same Table
2025 08 Albania, Shkodra
Every day, Hendrik Darragjati takes his place at a reserved spot in the heart of Shkodra, at one of the cafés....
POPULAR ARTICLES
Ukraine revisited after 6 months of war
2022 8 Ukraine Ushgorod Rybnyk Schagen The war is 6 months old and after long deliberations (with my wife) I finally get a feel for...
Sleeping dogs, dying pianos and talking buildings.
2023 9 Georgia Tbilisi
They are our friends
Dogs and cats are present in every country, in every city. Where things are not going well, they...
Quiet Light, Steady Strength, The Rhythm of Rwanda
2025 08 Rwanda, Kigali and the Twin Lakes
Every morning at eight, Jeanette Dusengimana arrives. She is the cleaning and washing lady in the modest...
LATEST REVIEWS
Hospitality and Inequality
Pakistan, Lahore, September 2019
What is normal?
This question has been swirling in my mind for the two weeks I had the privilege to spend in...
Johan Smit on The invisible and the Samaritans
Jan Smit on Hospitality and Inequality
Arfeen on Hospitality and Inequality