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The Island of Myth and Longing
Socotra, once a secret paradise, is at a crossroads between its natural integrity and the need for development. Can it have both?
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Issue: Winter 2023 / Volume 99/4
Published: January 10, 2024
Laura Kasinof is a freelance journalist and author of the memoir Don’t Be Afraid of the Bullets: An Accidental War Correspondent in Yemen (Arcade, 2014), about reporting for the New York Times during the Arab Spring. She has also written for Harper’s, the Atlantic, Newsweek, and Foreign Policy.
Tarim Contin-Kennedy is a freelance photographer working to raise awareness on efforts pertaining to the sustainable development and preservation of natural and cultural heritage on the Socotra archipelago.