Late one October evening, I flew into Urfa, the city believed by Turkish Muslims to be the Ur of the Chaldeans, the birthplace of the prophet Abraham.

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On a balmy October evening in Manhattan, a crowd of philanthropic socialites has gathered at 1Oak, one of those lounges by the Highline that asserts its chicness by refusing to post its name in an easily noticeable location.

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