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The Lost Consciousness of Pre-Islamic Arabic Poetry

Poems of a Vanished World

Mahmoud Habboush

Inside Hezbollah’s Two-Decade Project To Shape the Houthis

Hezbollah and the Houthis

Farea Al-Muslimi

How Halfaya and Idlib Replaced Qardaha at the Heart of Syrian Power

Syria’s New Power Brokers

A year on from Assad's fall, the areas that formed the backbone of the armed revolution, above all Halfaya and rural Idlib, have become the primary recruiting ground for Syria's new ruling elite.

Can Syria’s Trains Get Back on Track?

Back on Track?

The Suicide Crisis Stalking Sudanese Refugees

Sudan’s Lost Generation

In Kazakhstan’s Oil Heartland, the Workers Who Built the Country Are Dying Quietly

Dying for Oil

Thomas Guichard

The Living Fragments of Al-Andalus

Fragments of Al-Andalus

Chahrazade Douah

An Afghan Woman’s Ascent of Everest

River’s Ascent

A Yemeni Caretaker Is Fighting To Save Aden’s Last Hindu Temple

Tending Aden’s Last Hindu Temple

Mohammed Ali Kalfood

Podcasts

How Authoritarianism Came to One Istanbul Street

How Authoritarianism Came to One Istanbul Street

The War Crime No One Wants To Name

The War Crime No One Wants To Name

When Is a Revolution Actually Over?

When Is a Revolution Actually Over?

Editors' Picks

Can Syria’s Trains Get Back on Track?

Can Syria’s Trains Get Back on Track?

A Yemeni Caretaker Is Fighting To Save Aden’s Last Hindu Temple

A Yemeni Caretaker Is Fighting To Save Aden’s Last Hindu Temple

Mohammed Ali Kalfood

How Israeli Airstrikes Targeted Iran’s Steel Industry

How Israeli Airstrikes Targeted Iran’s Steel Industry

Ahmad Baydoun, Chris Osieck, Nilo Tabrizy

Videos

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?

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

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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."