Briana GervatA Time to Give ThanksIt was to be a quiet Thanksgiving, alone in the mountains of North Carolina. For days I had traveled south from West Virginia along the…6 min read·Feb 16, 2019----
Briana GervatIn Istanbul I Was HappyIt did not rain while I was gone. Not for eighty-six days. And yet I still remember the day when the floods, they came. But they were…2 min read·Jan 4, 2018----
Briana GervatThe BecomingZawj: one of my favorite words in Arabic. I love the hardness of its beginning and the softness of its end. Translated into Turkish the…2 min read·Jan 4, 2018----
Briana GervatA Call to PrayerSometime after noon the call to prayer comes rising over the sound of the engine that carries me from one continent to another across the…1 min read·Jan 4, 2018----