I spent almost two weeks traveling Upper Mesopotamia, the heartland of Northern Kurdistan. It was an amazing experience, but it was not the end of my road trip. There was one more place to go. The destination could not have been more different–yet more of the same at the...
Mêrdîn (Mardin) is a historic city perched against a hill. The city overlooks the Mesopotamian Plains. Syria, or to be more precise Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan), is visible from the rooftops of its historic houses. Mêrdîn is an ethnic and religious melting pot. Around 85% of the province is populated...
Heskîf, or Hasankeyf, was the next destination on my Mesopotamian road trip. I was very fortunate to have seen this ancient town for it may have been the last time. Heskîf was inhabited for at least 12,000 years, which made it one of the world's oldest human settlements. It...
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