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Poland’s Allure for Tajikistan’s Exiles

Escape From Tajikistan

Against Tyranny: Two Stories Told in Pictures Warn Us To Fight On

Illustrating Tyranny

How the Cultures of Trinidad Transformed an Islamic Festival

The Tangled Origins of Hosay

The Shiite Islamic ritual of Muharram came to Trinidad with Indian indentured workers in the 19th century, attracting the participation of the island’s African population and becoming truly creolized, transforming into Hosay. Its story of suppression and survival is a vital record of Trinidadian culture.

As Indian Elections Near, a Delhi Chief Minister’s Arrest Raises Concern

Political Wars in Delhi

The Failures of an American Muslim and Jewish Dialogue

The Limits of Dialogue

Because You’re Worth It: How the US Egg Donation Industry Monetizes Beauty

Reproductive Rights

Good-Looking? Sell Your Eggs

Folk Music Is Helping Ukrainians Make Sense of Their Recent History

Songs of Resistance

Joanna Kozlowska

How Defining ‘Refugees’ Shapes the Lives of Millions

The Changing Language of Refuge

Lauren DeLaunay Miller

Gaza in a Million Pieces

Among the Drowning

Podcasts

On the Ground in Gaza — With Arwa Damon

On the Ground in Gaza — With Arwa Damon

A Portal to Another World: Translating Early Arabic Poetry — With James Montgomery

A Portal to Another World: Translating Early Arabic Poetry — With James Montgomery

Rethinking Nasser: A New Look at One of the Arab World’s Most Polarizing Figures — With Alex Rowell

Rethinking Nasser: A New Look at One of the Arab World’s Most Polarizing Figures — With Alex Rowell

Editors' Picks

Against Tyranny: Two Stories Told in Pictures Warn Us To Fight On

Against Tyranny: Two Stories Told in Pictures Warn Us To Fight On

Because You’re Worth It: How the US Egg Donation Industry Monetizes Beauty

Because You’re Worth It: How the US Egg Donation Industry Monetizes Beauty

Gaza in a Million Pieces

Gaza in a Million Pieces

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Contributors

Basma El Atti

Basma El Atti

"In what some outsiders might see as a surprising alliance, Morocco’s Amazigh community — which includes Muslims and Jews of varying religiosity as well as agnostics and those who practice other religious beliefs — largely aligned itself with Israel, long before the kingdom normalized ties with the country in 2020. The connection transcends religious affiliation, instead stemming from a shared historical aversion to Arabization and Islamization, which the Amazigh see as working to erase their culture."

Alexey Kovalev

Alexey Kovalev

"The first ever full female-to-male surgical transition in the world was performed by a Soviet medical doctor in 1972, and modern Russians have been able to transition and change their identity papers for almost three decades without it ever becoming a national issue. It was never brought up in campaign promises or speeches by Putin or anyone else until after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which serves as both the origin and the goal of Russia’s supposed 'spiritual' transformation."

Steven Zhou

Steven Zhou

"The Chinese Muslim presence has existed for roughly a millennium — immeasurably longer than the reign of the Chinese Communist Party. This history includes the sacrifice of Hui lives during the anti-Japanese resistance, in which religious arguments were aggressively deployed by Chinese Muslim leaders to promote Hui participation against the Japanese."

Lydia Wilson

Lydia Wilson

"The effort to understand Bill, with such a different way of being in the world, and his supporting system of belief, ritual and song, has resulted in lasting change in how I look at the world. It now seems not only damaging but peculiar to have so comprehensively divided the human world from the natural."