Other Writings

In addition to writing about Istanbul and Turkey, I write about travel in other countries, refugees, writing, feminism, and my family. To see what I’ve written about Istanbul and Turkey, click here. If you’d like me to write for you please get in touch via the contact tab at the top of this page.

Travel Writing – Greece

• Why This “Blue Zone” Island in Greece with Healing Thermal Waters Should Be Your next Vacation Destination, Shermans Travel, 29 January, 2024.
• Greece’s secret green ‘virgin island’, CNN Travel, 31 January, 2023.

Travel Writing – Italy

• What makes Pesariis tick? The Italian town where clocks rule, Adventure, 22 February, 2024.
• The Peculiar Crowds That Line Up to Touch Juliet’s Breast in Verona, Hyperallergic, 18 May, 2021.

Travel Writing – Portugal & Spain

• A Day in Segovia, Faraway Worlds, 24 December, 2023.
• Percebes: a thinking person’s guide to Portuguese seafood, Faraway Worlds, 15 December, 2023.
• Sintra, Portugal: Castles in the Air, Faraway Worlds, 17 October, 2023.
• Arabic Influences in Spain and Portugal, Faraway Worlds, 4 August, 2023.
• Valencia is the Region of Spain You Need To Visit if You’re Obsessed With Food, Matador Network, 23 Aug, 2022.
• Lisbon and the Geography of Loss and Longing, Intrepid Times, 1 March, 2021.
• Lisbon’s Hidden Treasures, Skylife Business, January 1, 2020.
• Inquisition Minds Want to Know, The Smart Set, 4 November, 2019.
• Go Off the Tourist Path for Good Food and Good Vibes in Lisbon, Thrillist, 3 October, 2019.
• Buying Great, Affordable Wine in Portugal, Wine4Food, March 27, 2019.
• Bacalhôa Winery in Lisbon: Where Art and Wine Meet, Wine4Food, November 28, 2018.
• The Guide to Stress-free Renting in Lisbon, International Living, Vol 37, No 7, November 2017.

Travel Writing – Food

• The Stories Behind 7 Drinks Named After Real People, Mental Floss, July 2, 2021.
• More Than a Meal: Beyond Nutrition Food has an intangible quality to unite us, Mindful Puzzles (PDF available on request), Issue 22, April 5, 2021.
• When the kitchen in your self-catering vacation rental apartment doesn’t come fully equipped, Medium, 6 November, 2019.
• Everything You Need to Know About Bread Around the World, Far & Wide, August 7, 2018.

Travel Writing – General

• Take a gander at these lovely staircases from across the globe, Frankie, November 21, 2023.
• Check out these rad bathroom designs from around the world, Frankie, November 14, 2023.
• Lest We Forget Her (PDF Available on Request), Mindful Puzzles, Issue 28, April, 2022.
• Spring Rites: New Beginnings around the World, Mindful Puzzles (PDF available on request), Issue 24, August, 2021.
• Sacred Spaces, Mindful Puzzles (PDF available on request), Issue 21, February, 2021.
• A Midnight Rite, Mindful Puzzles (PDF available on request), Issue 20, 7 December, 2020. Shorter digital version here.
• The Language of Travel, Mindful Puzzles (PDF available on request), Issue 19, October, 2020.
• 9 International Sports Too Weird for ESPN, Fodor’s Travel, April 17, 2020.
• How do you say ‘Not too short’ in another language?, Medium, 20 November, 2019.
• The Best Elevators, Funiculars and Scenic Railways Around the World, Shermans Travel, July 15, 2019.
• Rare and Dying Languages of the World, Far & Wide, May 29. 2019.
• Countries That No Longer Exist, Far & Wide, March 14, 2019.
• These are the World’s Most Extraordinary Caves, Far & Wide, December 21, 2018.
• Amazing Gardens around the World, Far & Wide, September 21, 2018.
• Where to See the World’s Most Extraordinary Endangered Animals, Far & Wide, July 27, 2018.
• Unusual Customs Rules Around the World, Far & Wide, July 23, 2018.
• Most Spectacular European Beach Towns, Far & Wide, June 29, 2018.
• Killer Graveyards Around the World, Far & Wide, June 1, 2018.
• Small Projects Istanbul: Little things making big things happen, Your Middle East, February 4, 2016.

Writing, arts & culture

• Review of If the Ice Had Held by Wendy J. Fox in The Laurel Review, Issue 52.2, Fall 2019.
• How Not to Throw in the Writing Towel, Medium, 31 October, 2019.
• Glass Birds Perched in a Berlin Museum as a Metaphor for Migration, Hyperallergic, February 27, 2018.
• An Interview with Wendy Fox, English Kills, January 11, 2017.

Personal Essays

• A Stitch in Time (PDF Available on Request), Mindful Puzzles, Issue 25, October, 2021 
• Heart of the Matter, Mindful Puzzles, Issue 24, August, 2021.
• Eponymous Foods (PDF available on request), Mindful Puzzles, Issue 24, August, 2021.
• A Vice of Virtue, Mindful Puzzles (PDF available on request), Issue 21, February, 2021.
• , Aljazeera, September 27, 2020.
• Unpacking Home: Thoughts of a Displaced Traveller, Meanjin, Winter 2020, June.
• I’m Too Big For Mainstream Fashion But I Don’t Fit The ‘Plus-Sized’ Mould, Whimn, April 6, 2019.
• Suicide Has Always Been a Part of My Family, The Independent UK, Voices, April 29, 2018.
• I Hated Exercise … Until I Found Belly Dancing, Prevention, September 14, 2017.
• The Language of Beauty”, Argot magazine, December 22, 2016.
• “Easter Spans the Globe”, Lale: Magazine of the International Women of Istanbul, March/April, 2015, pp. 26-27.
• “More Than Words Can Say”, Lale: Magazine of the International Women of Istanbul, March/April Issue 04, 2014, pp. 29-30.
• “Paris: Will my mother teach me courage?“, We Said Go Travel, April 18, 2013.