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Andy Ngo: "Other tourists may remember London for its spectacular sights and history, but I remember it for Islam. When I was visiting the UK as a teenager in 2006, I got lost in an East London market."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-visit-to-islamic-england-1535581583">https://www.wsj.com/articles/... https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1198106179085275137">https://twitter.com/econbrkfs...
"A Tale of Two Cities" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Contrast the following.Andy Ngo: "Other tourists may remember London for its spectacular sights and history, but I remember it for Islam. When I was visiting the UK as a teenager in 2006, I got lost in an East London market." https://www.wsj.com/articles/... https://twitter.com/econbrkfs..." title=""A Tale of Two Cities" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Upside-down face" aria-label="Emoji: Upside-down face"> Contrast the following.Andy Ngo: "Other tourists may remember London for its spectacular sights and history, but I remember it for Islam. When I was visiting the UK as a teenager in 2006, I got lost in an East London market." https://www.wsj.com/articles/... https://twitter.com/econbrkfs...">
"A Tale of Two Cities" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Contrast the following.Andy Ngo: "Other tourists may remember London for its spectacular sights and history, but I remember it for Islam. When I was visiting the UK as a teenager in 2006, I got lost in an East London market." https://www.wsj.com/articles/... https://twitter.com/econbrkfs..." title=""A Tale of Two Cities" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Upside-down face" aria-label="Emoji: Upside-down face"> Contrast the following.Andy Ngo: "Other tourists may remember London for its spectacular sights and history, but I remember it for Islam. When I was visiting the UK as a teenager in 2006, I got lost in an East London market." https://www.wsj.com/articles/... https://twitter.com/econbrkfs...">
"A Tale of Two Cities" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Contrast the following.Andy Ngo: "Other tourists may remember London for its spectacular sights and history, but I remember it for Islam. When I was visiting the UK as a teenager in 2006, I got lost in an East London market." https://www.wsj.com/articles/... https://twitter.com/econbrkfs..." title=""A Tale of Two Cities" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Upside-down face" aria-label="Emoji: Upside-down face"> Contrast the following.Andy Ngo: "Other tourists may remember London for its spectacular sights and history, but I remember it for Islam. When I was visiting the UK as a teenager in 2006, I got lost in an East London market." https://www.wsj.com/articles/... https://twitter.com/econbrkfs...">
"A Tale of Two Cities" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= Contrast the following.Andy Ngo: "Other tourists may remember London for its spectacular sights and history, but I remember it for Islam. When I was visiting the UK as a teenager in 2006, I got lost in an East London market." https://www.wsj.com/articles/... https://twitter.com/econbrkfs..." title=""A Tale of Two Cities" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Upside-down face" aria-label="Emoji: Upside-down face"> Contrast the following.Andy Ngo: "Other tourists may remember London for its spectacular sights and history, but I remember it for Islam. When I was visiting the UK as a teenager in 2006, I got lost in an East London market." https://www.wsj.com/articles/... https://twitter.com/econbrkfs...">
Andy Ngo: "There I saw a group of women wearing head-to-toe black cloaks. I froze, confused and intimidated by the faceless figures. It was my first encounter with the niqab, which covers everything but a woman& #39;s eyes."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-visit-to-islamic-england-1535581583

I">https://www.wsj.com/articles/... went to London too once. 2014.
Andy Ngo: "There I saw a group of women wearing head-to-toe black cloaks. I froze, confused and intimidated by the faceless figures. It was my first encounter with the niqab, which covers everything but a woman& #39;s eyes." https://www.wsj.com/articles/... went to London too once. 2014.
Andy Ngo: "There I saw a group of women wearing head-to-toe black cloaks. I froze, confused and intimidated by the faceless figures. It was my first encounter with the niqab, which covers everything but a woman& #39;s eyes." https://www.wsj.com/articles/... went to London too once. 2014.
(me in San Francisco, not London) https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1197680795537694720?s=20">https://twitter.com/econbrkfs...
I saw almost no signs of Islam. The only "intimidating" person I encountered was a white guy, clearly drunk, who followed me for a while shouting about Jews. I just kept walking.

To be fair, I wasn& #39;t in London long. I mainly wanted to see the Natural History Museum (amazing).
I saw almost no signs of Islam. The only "intimidating" person I encountered was a white guy, clearly drunk, who followed me for a while shouting about Jews. I just kept walking. To be fair, I wasn& #39;t in London long. I mainly wanted to see the Natural History Museum (amazing).
I saw almost no signs of Islam. The only "intimidating" person I encountered was a white guy, clearly drunk, who followed me for a while shouting about Jews. I just kept walking. To be fair, I wasn& #39;t in London long. I mainly wanted to see the Natural History Museum (amazing).
I saw almost no signs of Islam. The only "intimidating" person I encountered was a white guy, clearly drunk, who followed me for a while shouting about Jews. I just kept walking. To be fair, I wasn& #39;t in London long. I mainly wanted to see the Natural History Museum (amazing).
I saw almost no signs of Islam. The only "intimidating" person I encountered was a white guy, clearly drunk, who followed me for a while shouting about Jews. I just kept walking. To be fair, I wasn& #39;t in London long. I mainly wanted to see the Natural History Museum (amazing).
If I hadn& #39;t been constantly snapping photos, I& #39;m not sure how much I& #39;d be able to recall of the trip. I remember the food—because I wasn& #39;t eating it. I collected, drank, and warmed my freezing self with packets of diet cocoa. This stuff is delicious, but you can& #39;t live off of it.
Don& #39;t try.

If you get the chance to travel, partake in the local culture.

I& #39;m trying to turn my regrets into advice. Mostly for myself.

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Pic 3: not my plate
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Don& #39;t try.If you get the chance to travel, partake in the local culture. I& #39;m trying to turn my regrets into advice. Mostly for myself.Pic 1: my platePic 2: not my platePic 3: not my platePic 4: not my plate
Don& #39;t try.If you get the chance to travel, partake in the local culture. I& #39;m trying to turn my regrets into advice. Mostly for myself.Pic 1: my platePic 2: not my platePic 3: not my platePic 4: not my plate
Don& #39;t try.If you get the chance to travel, partake in the local culture. I& #39;m trying to turn my regrets into advice. Mostly for myself.Pic 1: my platePic 2: not my platePic 3: not my platePic 4: not my plate
Don& #39;t try.If you get the chance to travel, partake in the local culture. I& #39;m trying to turn my regrets into advice. Mostly for myself.Pic 1: my platePic 2: not my platePic 3: not my platePic 4: not my plate
I don& #39;t recall seeing anyone in a niqab, but again, I didn& #39;t get to spend much time wandering the streets. If I had, I can& #39;t comprehend my reaction being "I froze, confused and intimidated by the faceless figures."

Aside from the one guy, everyone was nice. Great experience.
I don& #39;t recall seeing anyone in a niqab, but again, I didn& #39;t get to spend much time wandering the streets. If I had, I can& #39;t comprehend my reaction being "I froze, confused and intimidated by the faceless figures."Aside from the one guy, everyone was nice. Great experience.
I don& #39;t recall seeing anyone in a niqab, but again, I didn& #39;t get to spend much time wandering the streets. If I had, I can& #39;t comprehend my reaction being "I froze, confused and intimidated by the faceless figures."Aside from the one guy, everyone was nice. Great experience.
I didn& #39;t go to England with any preconceived notions about the people I& #39;d meet, and I didn& #39;t come away with any judgments of groups based on the interactions I had there. I& #39;m not saying that makes me "better than" Andy Ngo, just that my perspective was and is very different.
This isn& #39;t an article. I& #39;m not being paid to write this. I don& #39;t have a grand conclusion here. I found these old photos, recalled my experience, considered it in light of Andy Ngo& #39;s ( https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-visit-to-islamic-england-1535581583),">https://www.wsj.com/articles/... felt like sharing.

It was mostly the photos. https://twitter.com/econbrkfst/status/1197676532438687744?s=20">https://twitter.com/econbrkfs...
All photos are mine (Nick Lee), aside from the screenshots of Ngo& #39;s article, of course. I want to do more of this, both photography/videography and writing. I can and will get better. If you ever find something of value in what you find here and want to leave me a tip...
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