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The Syrians Languishing in Israel’s Prisons
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Syria

Kidnapped Into Israeli Prisons

Iraq’s Fuel Crisis Exposes Its Oil Dependence
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Iraq

A Crude Awakening

Can Amal Help Lebanon Find a Way Out of War?
Argument
Lebanon

Holding Out Hope

As Lebanon negotiates with Israel, the Amal Movement occupies an unusual position — allied with Hezbollah, embedded in the state and able to engage both Washington and Tehran. Interviews with party officials explore its vision for a settlement and why its influence may depend on a wider U.S.-Iran agreement.

‘You’re Not Supposed To Be Here’
The Palestinian Politician Who Could Be Israel’s Kingmaker
A Change at a Damascus School Has Syrians Reading the Runes
Yemen’s Salafist Commanders Are Shaping Its Battlefield
Syria’s Winemakers Press on Under New Alcohol Rules
The Basement Where Orthodoxy Is Being Rebuilt
French Students Sniff Out Police Infiltration on Snapchat and Launch a Brand New Meme
Running Notes

How Do You Do, Fellow Protesters?

The French Far Right Has Opened Pangram’s Box
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France

Pangram’s Box

How Shukri al-Quwatli’s Memoir Changes Our View of Syria’s History
Essays
Syria

Treaties and Treachery

If Taiz Falls, Yemen May Never Be the Same
Argument
Yemen

The Battle for Taiz

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The AI Accusations Shaking the Literary World

The AI Accusations Shaking the Literary World

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A Death That Divided America

A Death That Divided America

United States
How 1980s Lebanon Made Today’s Middle East

How 1980s Lebanon Made Today’s Middle East

Lebanon
‘Could You Look and See if My House Is Still Standing?’
First Person
Middle East

Seeing Gaza From Afar

Yemen’s Unchecked War Could Become the Next Sectarian Jihad
Running Notes

Yemen’s Sectarian Threat

How Manchester City’s Guilty Verdict Threatens Gulf Soccer Ownership
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United Kingdom

The Petrodollar Pitch

In India, Citizens Brace for a Democratic Unraveling
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India

A Democracy Unraveling

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The Syrians Languishing in Israel’s Prisons

The Syrians Languishing in Israel’s Prisons

Anagha Subhash Nair
The Palestinian Politician Who Could Be Israel’s Kingmaker

The Palestinian Politician Who Could Be Israel’s Kingmaker

Rida Abu Rass
Yemen’s Salafist Commanders Are Shaping Its Battlefield

Yemen’s Salafist Commanders Are Shaping Its Battlefield

Mareb al-Ward

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Is Bamako About To Fall?

Is Bamako About To Fall?

 The Quarterly Review: How Did We Get Here?

The Quarterly Review: How Did We Get Here?

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Ground Control: How Pepper Spiced Up World Trade – With Lydia Wilson

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Pete Hegseth’s Tattoos and the Crusading Obsession of the Far Right- With Lydia Wilson

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Lydia Wilson
Lydia Wilson

"Words have been shown as inadequate against the military might of Israel, buttressed by the most powerful countries in the world. We are all impotent witnesses, unable to prevent the atrocities we have been watching for almost 22 long and cruel months. What use are more words? And is it really my place to be the amanuensis of Palestinians?"

Paul Apostolidis
Paul Apostolidis

"People can start to think and feel differently about who bears which costs of our common life when they take the chance of telling and listening to stories of different immigrant groups — together. This makes it possible to sense the profound resonances between, for instance, Greek and Mexican immigrant experiences as well as the jarring ways that such experiences are 'really different.'"

Olivia Snaije
Olivia Snaije

"In literature, there is an unquestioned acceptance of a cultural dominance that is situated in the east, whether formerly in Baghdad or Damascus, or more currently in Cairo, Beirut and increasingly in the Gulf. While Arabic-language literature from the Maghreb does travel east, writers from sub-Saharan Africa feel they are overlooked in the Middle East."

Waleed Nasir
Waleed Nasir

"Pakistan must make a case for “constructive multi-alignment,” finding ways to be a strategic asset to both the U.S. and China, argued Yusuf and Akhtar. But it cannot do that while it continues to be mired in political instability, economic degradation, surging violence from nonstate actors and a hostile neighborhood."