Zeren Earls
Bio:
A travel writer, Zeren Earls is a native of Turkey, who came to the United States in the late 50s for her college education. She studied psychology at Duke University, where she met her late husband, composer/media artist Paul Earls. Her immersion in the art world through her husband while a fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT, led to her involvement in First Night in 1976. She was among the initial organizers of the Boston event and became its director in 1980. Pursuant to the event's major growth under her direction, she moved on to found First Night International in 1994. After assisting many communities in the US and abroad in initiating the First Night Celebration, she retired in 2002. Since then she has turned to adventure traveling and writing. Each year she travels to a country that is culturally new to her, China, Egypt, India, Morocco and Vietnam to name a few. In addition to her travels she has been writing her life story.
Recent Articles:
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Reports on Southern Africa: Part Five Travel
Victoria Falls: Zimbabwe
By: - Apr 08th, 2008Victoria Falls is the world's largest curtain of water created by the Zambezi River. The tranquil river begins churning savagely as it nears the edge of a breathtaking gorge. Rainbows are etched in its rising mist; birds, butterflies and small creatures thrive in its rain forest.
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Reports on Southern Africa: Part Four Travel
Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
By: - Apr 03rd, 2008Hwange National Park rests on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. Waterholes, created by pumps to carry water above ground, have transformed the park into Zimbabwe's largest game reserve. Nearby villages provide insights to the traditions and the daily lives of the local people.
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Reports on Southern Africa: Part Three Travel
The Okavango Delta, Botswana
By: - Mar 30th, 2008The Okavango Delta is the largest untouched inland delta in the world. It combines a lacework of islands, tree-lined riverbeds, open floodplains and dense gardens of aquatic vegetation. Its fascinating eco system plays host to a myriad of animal, bird and plant life. The night sky is a spectacle to behold.
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Reports on Southern Africa: Part Two Travel
The Caprivi Strip, Namibia
By: - Mar 24th, 2008The Caprivi Strip is the wettest region of Namibia, known otherwise for its desert climate. Multiple rivers feed reed-filled swamps, flood plains, wetlands, and woodlands creating a verdant eco system that is home to over 450 animal species. Sunsets in this region are spectacles to behold.
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Report son Southern Africa: Part One Travel
Soweto and Chobe National Park
By: - Mar 18th, 2008My three-week adventure began as well as ended in South Africa, with trips in between to Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Soweto, South Africa is a proud, culturally vibrant city with a painful apartheid history. Chobe National Park in Botswana offers insights of a different kind with variety of large and small game and a vast terrain of woodlands, savannah and flood plains.
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Turkey: Akyaka, Gulf of Gokova and Mugla Travel
Mediterranean Towns off the Beaten Path
By: - Jan 20th, 2008Gulf of Gokova offers an alternative vacation spot to the buzz of nearby resort towns of Bodrum and Marmaris on the Mediterranean.
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Turkey: Ottoman Towns of Anatolia Travel
Along the Silk Road inTarakli, Goynuk, Beypazari
By: - Jan 11th, 2008Ottoman towns on the Silk Road offer a respite from the urban buzz with their natural beauty,unique architecture and traditional way of life.
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Morocco: Part Six Travel
Marrakech
By: - Dec 23rd, 2007Morocco's African, Arab Berber and French cultures blend into a fascinating mix in Marrakech. Jemaa el-Fna in the medina, or old quarter is the heartbeat of this city, which offers a feast for all the senses.
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Morocco: Part Five Travel
Tineghir to Marrakech
By: - Dec 23rd, 2007Crossing the Anti Atlas Mountains revealed ancient customs and folklore amidst breath-taking natural beauty.
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Morocco: Part Four Travel
Merzouga and Daya El Maider
By: - Dec 22nd, 2007Camping in the Sahara was a unique experience of a lifetime: watching the sunrise from atop gigantic dunes, meditating in their wind-carved craters, looking at the spectacle of the nightsky,and meeting the desert dwellers, the Tuaregs and the Imazighen... Need I say more?
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Morocco: Part Three Travel
Fez and the Middle Atlas Mountain Villages
By: - Dec 21st, 2007Discover Fez, Morocco's first imperial city and its medina, the medieval town center with a labyrinth of alleyways and 600 craft shops. Then,cross the Atlas Mountains to catch sight of Berber lands.
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Morocco: Part Two Travel
Rabat and Meknes
By: - Dec 20th, 2007Discover the imperial cities of Rabat and Meknes and Morocco's first Roman city Volubilis.
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Morocco: Part One Travel
Casablanca to Essaouira
By: - Dec 18th, 2007Morocco's imperial cities,rich cultural fabric and natural beauty surpassed my expectations.Discover a fascinating destination in this six part series.
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Peru: Part Four Travel
Lake Titicaca, Puno and Copamaya, Bolivia
By: - Sep 15th, 2007Peru and Bolivia share the world's highest navigable lake lined with sacred sites and fascinating native cultures along both coasts.
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Peru: Part Three Travel
Cusco to Puno
By: - Sep 15th, 2007We journeyed from Cusco, the picturesque colonial city and the former capital of the Inca Empire,to Puno with stops for historic wonders and fascinating folklore set amidst spectacular scenery.
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Peru: Part Two Travel
Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu
By: - Sep 13th, 2007Traveling along sacred mountains and rivers, we arrived at the ancient Inca city, Machu Picchu. I was a pilgrim at my destination.
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Peru: Part One Travel
Lima to Sacred Valley
By: - Sep 11th, 2007Each year traveling to a distant land I have not seen before, I went to Peru to celebrate my birthday.
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Eastern Turkey: Part Two Travel
Continued Travels Through Turkey
By: - Aug 20th, 2007Traveling south and north of Van, paralleling the Iranian border.
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Eastern Turkey: Part One Travel
Continuing Prior Coverage
By: - Aug 19th, 2007Traveling to a remote part of Turkey near the Iranian border in May.
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Travels in Turkey Six Travel
Visiting the cities of Bursa and Iznik
By: - Jun 13th, 2007The Turkish born American writer visited five of the seven geographic regions of her native land. Her observations, in her own words, reflect "the perspectives of both insider and outsider."
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Travels in Turkey Travel
Kusadasi, Ephesus, Pergamum and Canakkale
By: - May 20th, 2007From the last home of the Virgin Mary, a pilgrimage site, to the rich antiquities of Ephesus and Pergamum, to the site of the legendary city of Troy the topic of the Homeric epics.
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Travels in Turkey Part 4 Travel
Antalya, Pamukkale, and Aphrodisias
By: - Apr 17th, 2007Exploring the classical Greek and Roman heritage of Turkey from Roman baths to a city dedicated to Aphrodite the goddess of love and fertility.
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Travels in Turkey Part 3 Travel
Cappadocia and Konya
By: - Apr 10th, 2007A tour of Turkey continues through volcanic tuff from the eruptions of Mt. Erciyes which results in "giant sand dunes."
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Travel in Turkey Part Two Travel
Trabzon and Amasya
By: - Mar 14th, 2007A once in a lifetime tour of remote and historically rich parts of Turkey by a native born traveler.
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Travel in Turkey Travel
Istanbul: Part One
By: - Mar 02nd, 2007Last fall, Zeren Earls, a native of Turkey who divides time between Cambridge and Istanbul joined a small group for a tour of remote areas rich in history and natural beauty. This is part one of a report in several segments.
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