Jan Morris on the Future of America
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 02.15.07 | 2:33 PM ET
The United States is no longer beloved around the world, but all is not lost, frequent travel writer Jan Morris notes in the Guardian. “Perhaps, with a future new president already champing at the bit, we are about to witness its rebirth,” she writes. “As a foreigner I am immune to the rivalries or seductions of American party politics, but I have loved the old place for 60 years, and I simply pray for an American leader to give us back its baraka, as the Arabs say - nothing to do with religion or economics or power or even ideology, but the gift of being at once blessed and blessing.” Morris is the author of many books, including “Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere,” which ranked 24th on our list of the top 30 travel books of all time.
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