Said@Duke: New Yorker Staff Writer Peter Hessler on Finding Stories from the Nile to the Yangtze

New Yorker staff writer Peter Hessler spoke Thursday at Duke about his experiences, including lived realities surrounding China's meteoric rise and Egypt's unanticipated revolution. Drawing from his in-depth coverage of both regions, Hessler provided insightful comparisons across histories and cultures while elucidating his singular method of finding the story. His talk was sponsored by Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Cultural Anthropology, and Duke University Middle East Studies Center.

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