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Douglas Morrione

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Americans, Russians and Ukrainians — From My Childhood in Rural America to Modern Dubai

A relationship that continues to challenge my understanding of national allegiances and identity

Feb 18

Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi Train Station in Kyiv, Ukraine, as passengers move up and down the escalator and stairs. 2019

Feb 18

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Bad News

When it Rains, it Pours — Enduring a North Sea Journey to Face Storms of a Different Nature

Jun 27, 2024

Bad News

Jun 27, 2024

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Le Havre to Rosslare

Clowns in cafés and surviving a ferry across the North Sea

Jun 13, 2024

Woman in elaborate Carnevale costume.

Jun 13, 2024

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The Day I Took in a Stranger

When best intentions meet worst expectations

Jun 6, 2024

Sunset on a lake in New England.

Jun 6, 2024

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Signs and Surveillance

Airport cops in Colorado, a golfer-friend mistaken for a sniper, and following the rules as an American expat in Dubai.

May 8, 2024

Sign post on the edge of a camel race track outside of Dubai, UAE, that reads “Don’t Stand Here.”

May 8, 2024

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Whiskey Wormhole

Misadventure on Ireland’s Aran Islands, and a geologic anomaly.

Apr 24, 2024

A geologic anomaly on Ireland’s Aran Islands—a perfectly rectangular hole eroded out of the limestone shoreline, below the island’s cliffside.

Apr 24, 2024

A Burning Yurt

My good friend Corbett, unable to secure an off-campus living arrangement, and refusing to enter a dormitory ever again, had petitioned the…

Apr 17, 2024

A Burning Yurt

Apr 17, 2024

Family Trip

Remember the days before the pandemic? Our family hasn’t traveled abroad in over a year, but in 2019 we spent two weeks in Ukraine.

Jul 7, 2021

Family Trip

Jul 7, 2021

Please Forgive Me

Parenting amidst a Covid-19 diagnosis.

May 29, 2021

A father and daughter, masked, talking about Covid-19.

May 29, 2021

Douglas Morrione

Douglas Morrione

Expat writer, director and photographer, living and working in Dubai. Production work: https://route201media.com/ Photography: https://www.dougmorrione.com/

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