Amateur Anthropologists
This is the storytelling arm of Mehman's Table.
We are not academics. We are listeners. We sit across from people — in cafes, in homes, over tea — and we ask them to tell us their story. These are voices from Istanbul and beyond: immigrants, refugees, locals, and wanderers — people whose lives reveal something true about what it means to be human in a complicated world.
Every person carries a world within them. This is where we write it down.
Daniel’s Story - From There to Here
It all begins with an idea. I was born in Saudi Arabia, grew up mostly in Germany, and hold an American passport. I am, in some ways, a mix of cultures and stories myself — and maybe that is why a website like The Fish Place made sense to me. I wanted to understand better the world I live in. And I wanted to help others do the same.