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Adventures, 2003-Present

(Photos 1-20 copyright Jonathan Curiel)
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The great mud mosque in Djenne, Mali, taken during a trip to West Africa in 2003.

The Niger river in Mali.

Another view of the Niger.

Members of the musical group Tinariwen, standing in the sands of the Sahara desert. The group performed at the Festival in the Desert, an annual event in Mali that brings musicians (and others) from around the world to the farthermost regions of the country. The 2003 festival took place in Essakane, Mali. Stories on the festival appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and a London magazine called The Wire.

Young men standing in the dunes of Essakane, in the Sahara desert.

Standing with the Malian singer Oumou Sangare, in the lobby of Sangare's hotel in Bamako (Mali's capital).

Looking out onto the snowy Alborz Mountains, which surround Tehran, taking during a trip to Iran in 2004. Several stories were published from the reporting trip, including a piece about Iran's annual film festival, which some have compared to Cannes.

An anti-U.S. rally witnessed in Tehran during the 2004 trip to Iran.

A view from atop a church in Oxford, England, taken during a 2005-2006 Reuters Foundation fellowship at Oxford University.

Pianist Randy Weston playing with Gnawa musician Abdellah El Gourd (far right) in Tangier, Morocco, at Performing Tangier 2008.

An alleyway in the medina of Tangier, Morocco.

A coastal view of Tangier, Morocco, with Spain in the distance.

The Sheats Goldstein Residence in the Los Angeles hills, known for its architecture and for being in the movie "The Big Lebowski"

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Theater director Peter Sellars, at his home in Los Angeles with fellows from the 2013 USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program

Savannah

Jack Shaheen&#039;s house

new-york-2016

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Saudi-Film-Days2

(Photos 1-15 copyright Jonathan Curiel)
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in-pakistan-on-the-road-to-gilgit

at-a-park-in-lahore-pakistan

in-front-of-a-music-shop-in-the-old-part-of-peshawar-pakistan

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a-bicyclist-taking-a-break-under-a-moon-in-lahore-pakistan-1993

afghan-kids-in-lahore-pakistan–1993

polo-players-in-the-far-north-of-pakistan-1993

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hundreds-of-miles-south-of-tehran-is-the-city-of-persepolis

at-persepolis-docents-standing

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an-aerial-view-of-the-pyramids-in-giza-1990

piazza-san-marco-in-venice-italy–1990

under-the-eiffel-tower-in-paris–1990

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