Diana Markosian

May 29, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Nina Strochlic |Diana Markosian |Emily Garthwaite

Seddiq Salih had a favor to ask. It was dusk, and we were standing in his family’s small orchard on the outskirts of Slemani, a city known as the cultural capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. I’d been granted a meeting later that night with a secretive elder sheikh rumored to possess one of the finest collections of Kurdish manuscripts. Seddiq, a mild-mannered 65-year-old with a permanent smile, now looked serious.

Nov 2, 2023 | departures.com | Sophie Mancini |Diana Markosian |Robert Ormerod |Tom Craig

Film and TV The Scottish actor reflects on his homeland, the pleasure of a good drink, and the endless appeal of New York City. I HAVE AN obsession with the color green. It’s a color of opposites. Green is life, growth, and health. It’s also sickness, greed, and envy. It’s good and bad at once.

Aug 28, 2023 | vogue.com | Jessie Heyman |Diana Markosian

Iga Swiatek has had a head-spinning few years. Hers is the sort of breathtaking tennis story that requires a few historical stats in order to fully appreciate it: After her breakout win at the French Open in 2020, the then unknown 19-year-old Polish player became the youngest women’s singles champion at Roland Garros since Monica Seles in 1992.