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Beirut’s History Is Being Repaved

Losing the Plot

Madeline Edwards,

Hind Rajab and the Dying Light

Hind Rajab and the Dying Light

Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

The Chaos and Uncertainty That Dissolved Al-Hawl

The End of Al-Hawl

A rushed transfer of authority in northeastern Syria has upended the fragile order inside al-Hawl, the sprawling camp that for years has held tens of thousands of people linked, directly or indirectly, to the Islamic State group. Witnesses described a chaotic handover marked by unguarded fences, smuggling networks and fear.

Paloma de Dinechin

Inside the End of Kurdish Self-Rule in Syria

Peace Without Trust

Paloma de Dinechin

The Islamic Republic’s Broken Promises of Economic Justice

A Revolution’s Broken Promise

Yeganeh Torbati

Inside Operation Serengeti 2.0 and Africa’s War on Cybercrime

Africa’s Cybercrime Reckoning

From Guantanamo to Minneapolis

From Guantanamo to Minneapolis

Saudi Arabia’s Break With Interventionism

Saudi Arabia’s Regional Recalculations

Why Iran Is Witnessing a Gold Rush

The Currency of Fear

Fateme Karimkhan

Podcasts

The Invisible Lines That Divided South Asia

The Invisible Lines That Divided South Asia

How Defiance Began at Home in Assad’s Syria

How Defiance Began at Home in Assad’s Syria

What’s Behind Iran’s Protests

What’s Behind Iran’s Protests

Editors' Picks

Hind Rajab and the Dying Light

Hind Rajab and the Dying Light

Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

Inside the End of Kurdish Self-Rule in Syria

Inside the End of Kurdish Self-Rule in Syria

Paloma de Dinechin

Saudi Arabia’s Break With Interventionism

Saudi Arabia’s Break With Interventionism

Videos

The Quarterly Review: How Did We Get Here?

The Quarterly Review: How Did We Get Here?

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

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

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

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

The War We Don’t See —With Arwa Damon and Faisal Al Yafai

The War We Don’t See —With Arwa Damon and Faisal Al Yafai

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Contributors

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."