The Island Where France's Colonial Legacy Lives On
A memorial for the slaves of Guadeloupe has become a flashpoint for still-unresolved social and economic grievances.
The Atlantic / April 2018
Freelance writer based in New York. Previously based in India & Cambodia. M.A. from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (Politics). Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting + Heinrich Boll Stiftung + Overseas Press Club Foundation grantee. Contact: maddycrowell@gmail.com
A memorial for the slaves of Guadeloupe has become a flashpoint for still-unresolved social and economic grievances.
The Atlantic / April 2018
Traveling by rail through India’s disputed Kashmir
Harper's Magazine / March 2018
A profile on Hamed Abdel-Samad and the crisis of integration in Germany.
The Point Magazine / December 2017
By training at-risk youths in history, philosophy, literature, and religion, the government hoped to fight terrorism at its root.
The Atlantic / September 2017
Dal Lake is a lifeline for people who make their living as fishermen and guides for tourists – and a microcosm of the struggles of the India-controlled region.
Christian Science Monitor / July 2016
How a 30-course feast brings together a divided region.
Roads & Kingdoms / July 2016
In a remote corner of Cambodia, the world's most famous spice is making a comeback.
Roads & Kingdoms / March 2016
The democratization of Cambodia's coffin industry
The Khmer Times Weekly / January 2016
Kashmir's battle fatigue.
Harper's Magazine / October 2015
Inside the world's largest experimental township
Slate Magazine and Roads & Kingdoms / July 2015
A cafe in Agra that does more than serve chai and coffee...
The Wall Street Journal / June 2015
India's two stewards of Wikipedia
The Caravan / May 2015
Kiss of Love protests.
Global Post / November 2014
Mercury abuse in Ghana's gold mines
The Economist / September 2013
An entry on why travel, and why journalism.
SIT Blog / January 2014
Morocco's leftover Arab Spring
The Christian Science Monitor / April 2013
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