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Winter 2010
• Joe Sacco on North African refugees in Malta • Anthony Ham on the vanishing elephants of Mali • Jori Lewis on attempts to save Senegal’s threatened fisheries • Eric Calderwood on the blind plumber of Tetouan in Morocco • Dana Romanoff on the wives of God in Ghana • Nicholas Schmidle on Somali suicide bombers from Minneapolis • Fiction by Leila Aboulela, Helon Habila, and Nadifa Mohamed
Winter 2010
Volume 86, Number 1
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Table of contents
Reporting
Essays
Editor's Desk
Contributor Profiles
Jason Florio is a freelance photojournalist who has worked around the globe for publications including the New Yorker, the New York Times, Outside, Libération, and the Times of London. His photography portfolio in the Spring 2013 issue of VQR, “Life on the River Gambia,” was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. The Winter 2016 issue marks his fourth time shooting the cover of VQR.
Anthony Ham is a Madrid-based freelance writer and photographer with a special interest in the Sahara and Sahel. His earlier report from Mali appeared in the Winter 2010 issue of VQR, and his journey to Araouane in search of evidence of al Qaeda in West Africa appeared in the Summer 2010 issue.
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