October 2017

Independence in Iraqi Kurdistan

I have felt for the Kurdish people for a long time – one of the largest groups of people in the world without their own homeland. The Kurds in Iraq have managed to carve out a relatively autonomous ‘country’ with clear borders with Iraq and Turkey. However, none of their neighbours want them to be

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A weekend in Baku

Baku – the best and worst of Dubai and Moscow….it made for fascinating weekend. I’d been to Azerbaijan before but hadn’t formally entered the country….hmmmmm, so I thought I better make a return visit. After a 4.5 hour Friday overnight flight on Azerbaijan Airlines with not much sleep, I arrived in Baku at 6am local

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