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Robert Rigney

Robert Rigney

Robert Rigney is an American journalist from Berlin. He has traveled widely in East Europe, the Balkans and Turkey, from where he has taken his themes. He writes for a wide variety of international publications and is putting out an online and print magazine called Berlin Bazzar.

Robert Rigney is an American journalist from Berlin. He has traveled widely in East Europe, the Balkans and Turkey, from where he has taken his themes. He writes for a wide variety of international publications and is putting out an online and print magazine called Berlin Bazzar.

Articles from author

Germany’s ‘kebab cap’ aimed at destroying immigrant businesses

Several politicians have jumped on the bandwagon, labelling kebab shops as un-German and vowing to limit their growth across the country.

Germany’s ‘kebab cap’ aimed at destroying immigrant businesses

Germany’s ‘kebab cap’ aimed at destroying immigrant businesses

Italy to build detention hubs in Albania: What do they mean for migrants?

Similar to Britain’s infamous ‘Rwanda model’, the Meloni government’s plan has faced severe criticism from rights groups and Albanian public.

Italy to build detention hubs in Albania: What do they mean for migrants?

Italy to build detention hubs in Albania: What do they mean for migrants?

Balkan Beats: Playing a new tune, from Japan to Istanbul

Burden of history hangs heavy on Balkan musicians as they strive to spread their unique music and instruments to the rest of the world.

Balkan Beats: Playing a new tune, from Japan to Istanbul

Balkan Beats: Playing a new tune, from Japan to Istanbul

Gold in old: How vintage grooves are reviving Turkish rock music

Musicians and music-lovers are digging up rare vinyls to give a new lease of life to a music genre that had the world grooving to its beat in the ’90s.

Gold in old: How vintage grooves are reviving Turkish rock music

Gold in old: How vintage grooves are reviving Turkish rock music

Mostar & Blagaj: An old bridge, a Sufi order and Bosnia's present and past

Although a tourist trap since the end of the war, this Bosnian hinterland still serves a serious purpose, attracting till today people of a religious cast, wishing to make prayers at the tomb of one of the Balkans greatest Sufi saints.

Mostar & Blagaj: An old bridge, a Sufi order and Bosnia's present and past

Mostar & Blagaj: An old bridge, a Sufi order and Bosnia's present and past

A visit to Turkey's Nizip, the cradle of pistachio cultivation

There are only three places in the world where pistachios are grown: Turkey, Iran and California – but it is here where they stem from originally.

A visit to Turkey's Nizip, the cradle of pistachio cultivation

A visit to Turkey's Nizip, the cradle of pistachio cultivation

How an Ottoman-era Sufi music therapy can help in treating the sick

Oruc Guvenc inherited the centuries-old art of therapeutic Sufi music from his mentor. And he helped the sick heal until the last phases of his life.

How an Ottoman-era Sufi music therapy can help in treating the sick

How an Ottoman-era Sufi music therapy can help in treating the sick

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