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June 17, 2017. Moscow is one of the coolest cities I have ever seen. My mom and I agreed to the following: Moscow would be a child’s favorite playground. There are zoning laws here that require a certain amount of playgrounds for every few blocks of residential and commercial buildings. The playgrounds are never too…

June 12, 2017. Morning. I dreamed of driving a Volkswagen through a turnpike. The car was going too fast and I was surrounded by thunder and lightning and lots of rain. The wet roads and the car’s speed caused the car to slip off the turnpike and land onto some train tracks parallel to the…

June 11, 2017 Morning. I dreamed of being stuck in traffic on an İstanbul highway (çevreyolu). I almost rear-ended the car in front of me several times. After I parked my car in Sarıyer, I took a long look at the Bosphorus. My mom then showed up behind me and we walked together by the…

June 10, 2017. Morning. This is my 8th time in İstanbul. I am happy to realize that I am not excited to come here anymore. It is because I got used to it (though not 100%). I see more familiar things. I treat the city as a living room in this house that we call The…

Today, I begin a series. A reading series. Between June 2017 and August 2017, two big chapters passed my life. The first chapter I title as The Heritage Trails. I followed the footsteps of my family through Turkey, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. That chapter’s goal was family: meeting cousins I had not…