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How Syria’s Revolution Was Misunderstood, by Its Rulers and the World

A Country Misread

Robin Yassin-Kassab

A Suicide Breaks Through the Silence

Spectacle and Silence

Christin El-Kholy

Life Under Israeli Occupation in Syria’s Quneitra

On the Wrong Side of the Fence

Over a year after the collapse of the Assad regime, Israeli forces have moved deep into and beyond the demilitarized buffer zone established by the 1974 disengagement agreement. Residents in Quneitra describe the quiet calculus of accommodation under the occupiers.

Amid US Pressure and a Deepening Crisis, Cubans Are Braced for Change

Cubans Brace for Change

Eileen Sosin Martínez

Iraq’s Militias Are in a Struggle for Survival

The Afterlife of Iraq’s Militias

In a Ceasefire Between Hezbollah and Israel, the Lebanese Government Has Little Pull

Lebanon's Three-Body Problem

Israeli Strikes Are Decimating Water Infrastructure in Lebanon

Water Under Fire

Paloma de Dinechin

Kuwait Is Stripping Its People of Citizenship at an Unprecedented Rate

The Unmaking of Kuwaitis

Fatimah Muhammed

US-Israeli Attacks on Iran Show a Pattern of ‘Double-Tap’ Strikes

A Pattern of ‘Double-Tap’ Strikes

Podcasts

The Ethics of Bearing Witness

The Ethics of Bearing Witness

Why Every Lebanese Crisis Feels Worse Than the Last

Why Every Lebanese Crisis Feels Worse Than the Last

How the World Order We Know Came Into Being – and Why It’s Breaking

How the World Order We Know Came Into Being – and Why It’s Breaking

Editors' Picks

In a Ceasefire Between Hezbollah and Israel, the Lebanese Government Has Little Pull

In a Ceasefire Between Hezbollah and Israel, the Lebanese Government Has Little Pull

Faysal Itani, Dania Arayssi

They Photographed an Execution in Bosnia. Did They Influence the Killer?

They Photographed an Execution in Bosnia. Did They Influence the Killer?

Barbara Matejčić

The ‘Third Gulf War’ And Its Aftermath

The ‘Third Gulf War’ And Its Aftermath

Hassan Hassan, Kamran Bokhari

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."