Stranger’s Guide

Nov 25, 2024 | strangersguide.com | Stranger’s Guide

Dear Friends,Stranger’s Guide is embarking on a new chapter—one that will bring more original writing, more events and a deeper commitment to you, our community of curious and courageous global citizens. We launched Stranger’s Guide in 2018—in the shadow of Donald Trump’s presidency—with a bold vision: to connect readers across borders, to celebrate our shared human experiences and to explore how politics, power and culture play out in our everyday lives.

Jun 21, 2024 | strangersguide.com | Stranger’s Guide

Journey across the globe and listen to songs of resistance and anti-colonialism from the musical traditions of the Uyghurs in China to South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. Global Our 21st volume of Stranger’s Guide takes a new approach. Rather than focusing on a single location, this guide traces the modern manifestation of colonialism all around the world. “Colonialism” can feel like a buzzword these days, but as ever, ...

Jul 24, 2023 | strangersguide.com | Stranger’s Guide

On the cover of this volume, we call Chicago “America’s City.” That moniker might be controversial in certain circles. But in so many ways, Chicago helped create the vision of the modern American metropolis, not just by virtue of its ...

Mar 13, 2023 | strangersguide.com | Stranger’s Guide

Last week, Stranger’s Guide friend and Senior Editor Karim Ganem Maloof passed away. In this essay, Managing Editor Kyla Kupferstein Torres remembers her friend:On Tuesday, I received the devastating news that we had lost the newest member of our Stranger’s Guide team. Karim Ganem Maloof had joined us just last month as a Senior Editor, but he’d been a contributor and supporter of the magazine since we met in 2020. Karim died suddenly, shockingly, of causes still unknown, far too young.

Feb 26, 2023 | strangersguide.com | Stranger’s Guide

Stranger's Guide Amazon Explore soundscapes from the river and rainforest The Amazon is famous for its biodiversity, as a home to innumerable types of animals and plants. Less frequently extolled is the extraordinary human ecosystem that’s grown around the river and its surrounding jungle. Indigenous tribes, missionaries, loggers, miners, soldiers, ...