Erum Naqvi – Flung

Turks, Punks, and Hipsters in Berlin’s Neukölln District

Erum Naqvi — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 16:55:44 +0000

It’s my first night in Neukölln and I’m itching for a Turkish pizza. Comprised of flatbread spread with a thin layer of curried meat and served alongside salad, mint and cucumber yogurt, plus herbs, lemons and pickles, all for you to pile on the pizza as you please before rolling it up and stuffing it in your mouth–it’s fresh and satisfying at the same time. As a Persian, anything served with minty yogurt makes me want to sing. We call […]

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Ancient Greek Theater in the Peloponnese

Erum Naqvi — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:59:31 +0000

Az ókori görög színház és az online szerencsejátékok izgalmas világa egyaránt képes elrepíteni Önt egy másik időbe, helyre és élménybe. A peloponnészoszi ókori görög színház építészeti csoda volt és tisztelt kulturális intézmény, ahol a múlt visszhangja még ma is érezhető. A görög színházban tartott előadások nagyszabású látványosságok voltak, akárcsak az a lélegzetelállító élmény, amelyet a Wanted Dead Or A Wild online nyerőgép tárcsáinak pörgetésekor átélhet. Ez a nyerőgép egy felejthetetlen nyugati kalandra viszi el a játékosokat, a görög színházi tragédiák […]

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5 Beaches of Guadeloupe (One for Every Mood)

Erum Naqvi — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:29:25 +0000

With its easy blend of French and Caribbean culture, Guadeloupe offers a charming, homegrown feel—think restaurants no fussier than somebody’s back porch and sunset markets where men chop fruits with machetes while ladies sell homemade rum punch. It’s made all the more delightful by the array of beaches that fan about the little cluster of interconnected islands like petals, each a different shade of blue. Here are five of the best beaches, all but one to be found on Grand […]

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Chez Emy: The Best Little Restaurant in Guadeloupe

Erum Naqvi — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 15:25:09 +0000

The moment I fell in love with Guadeloupe began and ended with a bottle of rum. There was a lot to love about this French Caribbean archipelago in between, of course. Pristine beaches with turquoise-tinged lagoons, both fresh and balmy; palm trees and flowering fruit trees and tall grasses rustling just so; bright, sunny days with just enough clouds to anoint the sky by day, and frame the glittering show of stars by night. Not a hint of humidity, nor […]

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On the Trail of the Best Kabab in Tehran

Erum Naqvi — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:56:29 +0000

The light here is cool. Not a blue white, but a violet one. It is unforgiving, but earnest. In many places, cool light is winter light and summer light is golden. But here in Tehran, on the southern slopes of Iran’s Alborz Mountains, the violet rays bounce off white marble buildings with fierce ripples of arid heat. The irrigation canals flanking every street in this vast city run dry. In the spring, when the city blooms with flowers, they swell […]

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Throwback Vibes on Azerbaijan Airlines

Erum Naqvi — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 22:45:38 +0000

The first time I passed through Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, I spent four hours in its airport waiting for my connecting flight. Heydar Aliyev International Airport was a strange place back in 2011. It was not in fact even named Heydar Aliyev International Airport yet. It seemed frozen in time, and frozen distinctly in what I imagine 1977 would have looked like. There weren’t that many people there, but the men who were present (it was almost exclusively men) […]

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