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In Germany, Home Is Where The Yurt Is

A Mongolian yurt in Germany
A Mongolian yurt in Germany Wam Kat

ÜBERLINGEN AM BODENSEE — Nadja Schotthöfer and David Schuster decided against the German Dream — a semi-detached house with garden, flat-screen TV, living room suite, fitted kitchen. They live in a yurt, where their child was born. Outside, a warm wind caresses the tall grasses, and it smells like hay drying in the sun. The […]

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When Nomads Settle The City: The Urbanization Of Mongolia

Urban Mongolia
Urban Mongolia Al Jazeera English

ULAN BATOR – Over the last decade, Mongols have rapidly begun to concentrate here in its capital, as well as other cities. This trend is accelerating and making Ulan Bator an unbearably crowded place, though still relatively small in comparison with most of China’s major cities. Nevertheless, the impact may be more drastic on a […]

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