Tag: Narayan Mahon

Somaliland’s Long Game via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/somalilands-long-game He told me, “In all of these places, people accept their position in the world: We are here, no one will recognize us, but we are just going to keep our heads down. Maybe one day it will happen; there’s an outlook of it being a long…

New Nations, Living in Limbo Narayan Mahon documented breakaway states that go unrecognized by the international community. In doing so he went from idealist to world weary. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/new-nations-living-in-limbo/ There are corners of the globe where breakaway countries exist in geopolitical purgatory, embraced by their would-be leaders yet unrecognized by the international community.…