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Along ‘The Tenth Parallel’: tension between the Christian and Muslim worlds

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The 10th parallel is a latitudinal line situated 700 miles North of the equator. Journalist and poet Eliza Griswold has recently returned from a seven year journey. She traveled between the equator and the 10th parallel, and she visits The Takeaway.

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