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Drones Are Reshaping Sudan’s Civil War

Inside the Drone Wars

Inside the Double Life of a Syrian Hairdresser Accused of Torture in Assad’s Prisons

The Sadist in the Salon

Paloma de Dinechin,

Eurovision’s Missing Arab Entries

Eurovision’s Missing Arab Entries

The controversy around Israel’s participation in Eurovision extends well beyond the atrocities committed in Gaza. In the contest’s 70-year history, only one of the seven Arab nations that are members of the body that runs it has ever competed — in the year Israel did not.

Hasan Piker’s Take on China May Matter More Than His Views on Israel

Hasan Piker's China Delusion

Two Gulf Elders Sketch a Postwar Order

Gulf Elders Sketch a Postwar Order

‘South Africa First’ Hits the Streets

‘South Africa First’ Hits the Streets

Kwangu Liwewe Agyei

Profit, War and Russia’s Growing Prosthetics Sector

Russia, Ukraine

Prosthetics and Profits

How the Strait of Hormuz Became the World’s Most Contested Waterway

Strait Talk

Sisi’s UAE Visit Sparks Egyptian Fears of War Creep

Egypt's Gulf Dependence

Christin El-Kholy

Podcasts

How Elon Musk Fuses Rockets and Tech To Shape Modern Society

How Elon Musk Fuses Rockets and Tech To Shape Modern Society

How a Life in Exile Reshapes the Generations That Follow

How a Life in Exile Reshapes the Generations That Follow

Is the Special Relationship Really Special Anymore?

Is the Special Relationship Really Special Anymore?

Editors' Picks

Inside the Double Life of a Syrian Hairdresser Accused of Torture in Assad’s Prisons

Inside the Double Life of a Syrian Hairdresser Accused of Torture in Assad’s Prisons

Paloma de Dinechin, Hosam Katan

How the Strait of Hormuz Became the World’s Most Contested Waterway

How the Strait of Hormuz Became the World’s Most Contested Waterway

Pakistani Nationals Allege Arbitrary Detention and Deportation From the UAE

Pakistani Nationals Allege Arbitrary Detention and Deportation From the UAE

Surbhi Gupta, Christin El-Kholy

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."