{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Harvard Gazette","provider_url":"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette","author_name":"gazetteimport","author_url":"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/author\/gazetteimport\/","title":"KSG intern shares the 'view from Afar' &#8212; Harvard Gazette","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TubrcA5zaG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2003\/12\/ksg-intern-shares-the-view-from-afar\/\">KSG intern shares the &#8216;view from Afar&#8217;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2003\/12\/ksg-intern-shares-the-view-from-afar\/embed\/#?secret=TubrcA5zaG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;KSG intern shares the &#8216;view from Afar&#8217;&#8221; &#8212; Harvard Gazette\" data-secret=\"TubrcA5zaG\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"It was what Id always imagined Ethiopia to be like. Afar was dry, hot, and barren. Located near the border with Djibouti, its where the bones of prehistoric Lucy were discovered. Afar is a region thats mostly desert baked by a scorching sun, where afternoon temperatures reach well over 100 degrees. Camels dot the landscape, winds sweep up little sandstorms, and nomadic herders with daggers tied to their belts saunter around in the sweltering heat. I visited Afar last summer, a month after arriving in Ethiopia. When I stepped out of a Jeep that brought me there into the light of that unforgiving sun, I thought to myself: Now, finally, this is Ethiopia.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/12\/9-ksgstudent1-450-6.jpg"}