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On Yemen, biodiversity, and beauty

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Colin Nagy
Oct 11, 2022
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Colin here. I’m disappointed by a lot of the travel reportage that gets published in magazines and newspapers these days. But WSJ Magazine recently ran something that caught my attention: a nuanced piece on a remote island off of Yemen called Socotra. It’s not easy to get there, you must fly from Cairo via Aden or take a flight from Abu Dhabi on Etihad,…

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