http://dir.salon.com/topics/deserts/?source=rss&aim=deserts en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT By Stephen Amidon Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/06/15/arizona/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/06/15/arizona/index.html?source=rss Look beyond the sprawl and congestion of this desert state with books from Wallace Stegner, Geronimo and Barbara Kingsolver -- and an unlikely guide to the Grand Canyon. Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/06/05/drylands/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/06/05/drylands/index.html?source=rss A hot ticket in Beijing: The International Conference on Women and Desertification. By James Reel Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/07/15/desert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/07/15/desert/index.html?source=rss Mexican migrants are dying at record rates as they try to cross treacherous desert into Arizona. Critics blame the U.S. government -- and they're preparing to sue. Read by Edita Brychta Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/10/22/stolen_lives/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/10/22/stolen_lives/index.html?source=rss After a fairy-tale upbringing as the adopted daughter of Moroccan King Muhammad V, Malika Oufkir was imprisoned in desert jails for over 20 years after her father's coup against the king's heir failed. By David Thomson Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/09/08/thomson_gucci/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/09/08/thomson_gucci/index.html?source=rss The company's latest ad seems to be about the desert, America and where we are willing to go. By J.A. Getzlaff Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/05/15/camel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/05/15/camel/index.html?source=rss The government now offers insurance for the valuable beasts. By Rolf Potts Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/2000/03/28/desert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/2000/03/28/desert/index.html?source=rss On an innocent walk into the Libyan Desert, our correspondent discovers just how easily fancied adventures can turn into real ones. By J.A. Getzlaff Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/01/12/phone/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/01/12/phone/index.html?source=rss How a windswept, bullet hole-ridden telephone became a legend in its own time. By Barbara Wilson Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/20/joshua_tree/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/20/joshua_tree/index.html?source=rss A woman confronts her painful past on an Outward Bound pilgrimage into the heart of fear. By Paul Festa Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/1999/09/16/flamingman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/1999/09/16/flamingman/index.html?source=rss Queer erotics has its place in the sun at Burning Man's utopia. How fitting that the sun got too hot. By Michelle Goldberg Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/1999/09/08/burningman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/1999/09/08/burningman/index.html?source=rss The annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert invents a hyper-real space, a republic of drugs, nudity and spectacle. By Laura Fraser Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/06/26/desert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/06/26/desert/index.html?source=rss An impetuous camel safari with two Bedouin guides opens up an enduring ancient world. By Lisa Moskowitz. Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/time/1998/10/14/time/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/time/1998/10/14/time/index.html?source=rss Acupuncture. My muscles relax. My eyes close. There is no real pain, just the apprehension of pain. By Tehila Lieberman Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/10/01/pass/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/10/01/pass/index.html?source=rss A solitary night in the Sinai turns into an eerie and magical encounter. By Tehila Lieberman. Excerpted from 'Travelers Tales: Women in the Wild.' By Tracy Johnston Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/01/27/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1998/01/27/feature/index.html?source=rss Tracy Johnston discovers the still unspoiled oasis of Siwa in the Egyptian desert. By Megan Harlan Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/1996/11/19/sneakpeeks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/1996/11/19/sneakpeeks/index.html?source=rss Megan Harlan reviews "Desert Places" by Robyn Davidson.