Category: Travel
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A Call to the Public
At about the midpoint between our very successful first issue and the highly anticipated October issue, we are looking to revamp the In Parentheses brand by opening a call to new contributors for the IP Blog. We see the blog as a very important connection to our public that runs alongside the print quarterly, and…
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First Thoughts on Kurdistan
Upon arrival at Ataturk International Airport, I had nothing but time before my flight to Suleimania, Iraq- my home for the upcoming school year. Pressing through a fifteen hour flight binging on the limited selection of romance comedies and complimentary whiskey, I felt goaded to take a long walk through the airport. I ended up strolling…
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Social Entrepreneurship – Essay by L. Wald
Leah Wald surfs, races horses and plays soccer. She traveled to a former FMLN guerilla base in El Salvador to help build an eco-tourism business. Later, she founded a company that exports cashmere from Mongolia and reinvests its profits into various development projects. She studied International Political Economy and is currently getting a business degree…
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Breaking News: Typhoon Season Uproots Shanghai – an Article by M. Pitter
As the end of summer typically marks the season for typhoons to come and release their atmospheric tensions, this year’s waves of tropical storms over Shanghai’s seaboard brought to residents an unprecedented intensity. Many stores and companies have suspended their activities until further notice which is rare historically during typhoon season. Our correspondent in Shanghai,…
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CHANGE is Now or Later? : The Opening of the François Hollande Era in France – an Article by M.Pitter
MARSEILLE – With the election of François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande or Flamby to France’s presidency and with the end of Nicholas Sarkozy’s administration that was renown for its staunch conservatism manifesting itself oftentimes as a xenophobia and a push for more privatization in realms that were hitherto public, the potential may exist for France…
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Issue 1: July 2012
The inaugural issue of In Parentheses Literary Magazine is now available.
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A Glimpse at the Current State of the West Bank – Observations by M. Pitter
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Photo Montage – Digital Submission by Eleanor Bennett
Eleanor Leonne Bennett is a 16 year old internationally award winning photographer and artist who has won first places with National Geographic,The World Photography Organisation, Nature’s Best Photography, Papworth Trust, Mencap, The Woodland trust and Postal Heritage. Her photography has been published in the Telegraph , The Guardian, BBC News Website and on the cover…
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Druze: To the Knowledge of Most, the Fourth Abrahamic Religion – an Essay by M. Pitter
At first acquaintance with the Druze community, they seemed and remained in my opinion as a most tranquil and receptive people, a people distinct and rare in juxtaposition to the other groups surrounding and intercepting them, a people assured in their faith despite their marginality in the global scope of recognition and so disconnected from…
