Vanessa H. Larson is a writer and editor who recently moved back to her hometown of Washington, D.C., after spending nearly seven years living and working in Turkey. She has covered art, culture and travel, particularly relating to the Middle East, for The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, Time Out Istanbul, Qatar Airways’ Oryx and other publications. She is also a copy editor at Foreign Policy and Democracy magazines.
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