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Robert Vavra
Malak El Halabi
Saturday evening, on a quiet lazy afternoon, I went to watch a bullfight in Las Ventas, one of Madrid's most famous bullrings. I went there out of curiosity. I had long been haunted by the image of the matador with its custom made torero suit, embroidered with golden threads, looking spectacular in his "suit of light" or traje de luces as they call it in Spain. I was curious to see the dance of death unfold in front of me, to test my humanity in the midst of blood and gold, and to see in which s ...more
Malak El Halabi

I meet them in this stadium, strangers at opposing desks until I wave my red flag.
Marina Leigh Duff

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