2019 | Latest research from East Nepal; new release

2019 | Latest research from East Nepal; new release

After the publication of Neelam Niharika’s award-winning novel Yogmaya in 2018, interest in the early 20th C. Yogi surged and with it, my reports going…

Nepalese Women: Symbols of Historical Achievements and Political Leadership

Nepalese Women: Symbols of Historical Achievements and Political Leadership

Tho I myself am despised by society, and cast aside, it is I who must prove my innocence. Yogmaya Neupane Nepal is perhaps unique in the…

2015 | Nepal Earthquake

Nepal Earthquake 2015

Heading to Nepal on April 25 for ongoing work, I was airborne when the earthquake struck Kathmandu Valley and nearby villages. Like many sympathizers I…

2011 | Tibetan Frontier Families New Edition and Thupten Choeling Monastery

2011 | Tibetan Frontier Families New Edition and Thupten Choeling Monastery

Nepal beckoned me with a demand for new editions of Tibetan Frontier Families and Soundings in Tibetan Civilization. In the intervening years, my 2001 book…

2009 – 2012 | Damascus – Teaching Media

2009 – 2012 | Damascus – Teaching Media

Teaching in an exchange program that brought college-aged Syrians and Americans together, I was invited to work with Syrian professionals at the Arab Institute for…

2007 | Fulbright in Algeria

2007 | Fulbright in Algeria

Eschewing the role of war correspondent after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, I moved to an almost forgotten corner of the globe. Algeria was…