Category: Global Citizen Interviews
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Morocco: Lessons from Tahar
My friend Tahar has the brightest face I have ever seen. He seemed to be friends with everybody—when he wasn’t talking to me, I would pass him at his shop conversing with locals and Western shoppers alike with that same luminous smile. When I was in a hurry, he was respectful. One of the few…
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“Dallas is Just a Transition Ground for the Midwest”: A Conversation with Belle Pardue
I sit down with my dear friend Belle Pardue on a Friday night at the Kona Grill in Dallas. They have a reverse happy hour for the mall employees, “The Northpark Centre” employees, as she corrects me. “They’re very adamant about it; the ‘re’. This place is closely tied with the Nashers—I know wealthy people…