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Rachel Newcomb

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I'm a cultural anthropologist and freelance writer whose work has appeared in publications including Washington Post, MarketWatch, USA Today and MoneyGeek. I love writing and traveling, and especially observing and learning from other cultures. I have a creative writing master's degree from Johns Hopkins and a PhD in Anthropology from Princeton.

I've written ethnographies about my fieldwork in Morocco and a novel. More about my books can be found at my Amazon page, which has links to all my books.
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Reza Aslan: Speaking Truth to Power

Let's leave aside for a moment the fact that Fox News does not have a history of questioning Christian scholars on their own bias in studying other faiths. What interests me is how our culture decides who gets to discuss and write about the Other.

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	The Gift 3.26 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Encountering Morocco: Fieldwork and Cultural Understanding by David Crawford (Editor), Rachel Newcomb (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of Fes: Ambiguities of Urban Life in Morocco (Contemporary Ethnography) 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everyday Life in Global Morocco (Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa) 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smart Mom Smart Mornings: A 30-Day Plan to Transform Your Mornings from Chaos to Calm 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teenage Thoughts: Poetry in Progress 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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