Notes

Written by: Frank Samol on 5 December 2024

A New Type of Coffee Culture in Yerevan

Arriving at Yerevan's Zvartnots Airport late at night, the first surprise is the terminal itself — new, modern, efficiently run. Luggage arrives promptly, passport control moves quickly, and the pre-booked...

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Written by: Frank Samol on 24 August 2024

Air Alerts and Urban Flair

I spent a week in Kyiv to evaluate the second phase of the Ukraine Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development Programme (ULEAD with Europe). The journey itself already hinted at the...

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Written by: Frank Samol on 19 April 2024

Seeing Berlin Anew

Today’s mail brought something I’ve been eagerly awaiting for a long time: an envelope containing the book by my friends at Syrbanism. The two Syrbanism founders, Nour Harastani and Edwar...

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Written by: Frank Samol on 24 July 2023

A toolkit in need of reconstruction

In 2017-2018, the Urban Cultural Heritage in Conflict Regions project, carried out by GIZ with support from the German Federal Foreign Office (AA) under the umbrella of the Archaeological Heritage...

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Archive

Baghdad – The Walled City

Written by Frank Samol on 1 June 2023

Does a humble flower like coltsfoot suffer from road noise?

Written by Frank Samol on 19 February 2022

The world in whose hands?

Written by Frank Samol on 6 November 2021

Are high-tech face masks new fashion items?

Written by Frank Samol on 24 August 2021

Sublime Instruments

Written by Frank Samol on 21 August 2021

Rising Heat III

Written by Frank Samol on 16 August 2021

Where are they?

Written by Frank Samol on 8 August 2021

Rising Heat II

Written by Frank Samol on 5 August 2021

Rising Heat

Written by Frank Samol on 2 August 2021