Murtaza Hussain on Warpcast

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Murtaza Hussain

Whenever I am going on vacation to a place I try to read a few books about its history first. It gets me psychologically situated for what I’m going to experience and I also find that people appreciate it and are even touched to find that you know a bit about their history. Reading deepens your enjoyment of life. I don’t know if I’d enjoy travel so much if I wasn’t aware of all the layers of history beneath a place that I was visiting. I’m planning to travel through a few countries in southern Europe later this year and am reading books in anticipation.

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Which countries / what time period are you interested in?

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Interestingly, I recently started doing that with fashion of all things. Never really been into fashion, but the psychological appeal it has, from branding power and timelessness drew me in. Just finished The Cartiers by the great granddaughter of the founders and it surprised me as to how multicultural their story was. Although French, their story is steeped in American and Hindostani influences. Now when I look at a Cartier piece like the Tank, the story of its origin gives a new form of appreciation that only reading through it brings.

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The country and the book about it that most impressed you?

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I do exactly the same and could not agree more with you that it gives much more depth to the travel. Just visited Indonesia after reading the incredible book Revolusi from David Van Reybrouck

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Very interesting approach. I always find it intriguing how the society of each place keeps some behaviors (bad and good) for generations no matter what they have lived. Especially the bad ones. Feels like “society” is a whole being on its own that has its own memories and traumas.

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couldn’t agree more w this, as a nomad i’m always reading up on history prior to going to a new place, but mainly do so on the internet via wiki or random sites where do u typically search for books on this?

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I love that! Any particular type of book/aspect of history? I.e. is it always 19th century? An obscure event or time period? My habit has been to visit a museum of the minority/oppressed, which is often the Jewish museum in most European cities. They always tell a different aspect of a place's history

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Agree, I also like watching their tv shows It’s also nice after visiting a place to stay connected to the culture through books/tv

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That is the right way If you don't know the history, you can never understand the present completely

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Please travel to Korea!!

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Learning about a place's history before traveling enhances the experience and shows respect to its culture.

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Oh, yeah, that sounds good. If you don't have the ability / willingness to travel far, you can start exploring your city with the help of such books especially if you live in a large and long established area

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same, I find even concentrating on one particular time period helps me to have a really enriching experience. I've been really into Tudor history lately, and recently went to England. keeping my focus mainly on the Tudor period helped me prioritize what to see, and allowed me to connect so many threads along the way.

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I try and do the same however with Youtube videos. Locals always appreciate if you have context about their cultural heritage and history. 50 $DEGEN

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Love this approach and did something similar but with articles + podcasts before a trip to Greece 300 $DEGEN

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