Peter Hessler

Tibet Through Chinese Eyes

A Chinese perspective on Tibet

Cairo: A Type of Love Story

Peter Hessler on raising a family during a revolution.

Learning to Speak Lingerie

Peter Hessler reports on Chen Yaying and Liu Jun, who sell G-strings to conservative Muslim women.

Tales of the Trash

As Sayyid Ahmed collects trash in Peter Hessler’s Cairo neighborhood, he reveals the contradictions of life in modern Egypt.

Hutong Karma

“Hutong Karma” by Peter Hessler was published in the print edition of the February 13 & 20, 2006, issue of The New Yorker.

Boomtown Girl

Finding a new life in the golden city.