I have mainly written and published books and articles on international relations. Links to many of my writings on this topic can be found on: https://muckrack.com/mark-katz-1/portfolio
But I have also written numerous travel narratives. Some of these I published in a book entitled Middle Eastern Sketches (1997). A few were published in newspapers and magazines–sometimes in a shortened, edited form. Many, though, have not been previously published.
What I hope to do here is to publish as many of my previously unpublished narratives as I can find in my old computer files (many of which are still in Word Perfect) or handwritten notes (assuming I can still decipher them). I will also republish some of the narratives that appeared long ago in newspapers and magazines, or post the original versions where I prefer these to the edited ones that were published. I may even republish some of the narratives from my Middle Eastern Sketches–but not too many.
Mark N. Katz
Travels and Observations 