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Not Quite Shangri-La
As a youth, I fared poorly at school. It wasn’t for a lack of intelligence, but life threw me a curve ball at a young age that stymied a...

Barry Hampshire
Feb 19, 202435 min read
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A Yemeni City Where Time Stood Still
If I had been alone, I may have believed Jesus would pass me on the street. This wasn’t a moment when my sanity was being doubted. It was...

Barry Hampshire
Mar 19, 20236 min read
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Aleppo - 1977
Someone asked me why I write about Syria. This is a part of the reason.

Barry Hampshire
Jun 28, 202210 min read
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You Saw What?
At Dhahran airport, six of us awaited a flight to Sana’a, the capital of North Yemen. In 1979, Yemen was still a sleepy, little known...

Barry Hampshire
Mar 25, 20226 min read
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