Hospitality as the Quiet Rebellion Against a Divided World

In this Open Column submission, Radit Mahindro shines through a variety of lenses - from tourism to the Tower of Babel - to respond to the current heightened tension between Iran and neighbours in the Arab League, Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, and over-tourism while the loss of place takes place, all to explain how geopolitical friction could be rooted in a fundamental refusal to see the “other” clearly.