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The Postcards from Timbuktu project promises mail from one of the most legendarily inaccessible cities in the world. The city's reputation was mostly myth until the unrest of the last decade.

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Timbuktu Is Just a Postcard Away

Years of political unrest have halted tourism in the Malian city, so local guides are bringing Timbuktu to the world—through the mail.

By Annie Risemberg

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