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Syria’s Stolen Homes

Gaza and the Undoing of Zionism
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What Zionism Wrought

Once a Thriving Ecosystem, Pakistan’s Largest River Delta Is in Peril
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The Vanishing Indus

A century ago, the Indus River Delta was lush, thriving and rich. Today, it’s dry, saline and abandoned. As Pakistan grapples with a worsening water crisis, protests have erupted in Sindh province over a new government project that threatens to divert more water from the Indus.

Bombarded by Propaganda, the Iranian People Are Uniting Behind an Anti-War Message
Amid the Ghosts of a Refugee Camp
The Fordow Conundrum
The Tanzania-Zambia Railway Tracks the History of the Cold War
Perilously Close to Death, a Mother Continues Her Hunger Strike
The Survival of Syria’s Damask Rose
The South Asian Vote May Be Split for Zohran Mamdani in New York City
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The South Asian Split

Egypt’s Sinai Megaproject Is Erasing Bedouin Culture
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Bulldozing the Sinai

The Psychological Barrier Broken by Iran and Israel’s Missile Exchange
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The New Normal

Saudi Arabia’s High-Stakes Bet on Gaming
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The Prince’s Gambit

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The Inside Story of a Scandal at the White House

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The Online Movement Ensnaring Young Men

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Why the Middle East’s Autocrats Are Losing Their Grip

Why the Middle East’s Autocrats Are Losing Their Grip

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Who Counts as an Afrikaner?
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South Africa

Land, Language and Lost Legacies

In Syria’s Desert, Palmyra Fights for Its Life
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Palmyra Fights To Survive

Inside India’s Greenwashing Eco Parks
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India

Greenwashing Coal

How the Rise of Bureaucracy Reshaped Religion
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States of Divinity

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Growing Up ‘Non-Western’ in Denmark’s Nanny State

Growing Up ‘Non-Western’ in Denmark’s Nanny State

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What Kash Patel’s Children’s Books Reveal About the MAGA Movement

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Remembering a Palestine No Longer There

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The Lede: Hala Gorani on Identity, Heritage and Finding Home

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Contributors

Kamal Shahin
Kamal Shahin

"These massacres will be forgotten. Just like the other massacres that took place in Assad’s Syria. Just like the massacres throughout history. The world will move on, and no one will remember that among the dead were civilians, that among the dead were men from General Security. There will be no trials, no reckoning. No need to prosecute such insignificant crimes — not when the course of nations is determined by interests, not morals."

Joanne Drayton
Joanne Drayton

"DNA tests should come with a billboard-sized warning. Because once you take the test, there is no turning back. If what you learn is life-changing or unwanted, there is no putting those facts back in the box and closing the lid. And maybe there can be no guarantee, either, that those facts will ever be expunged from the corporate record. You have possibly, as I did, unleashed the furies."

Rasha Elass
Rasha Elass

"And yet, Syrians persevere. They survived decades of brutal dictatorship, 15 years of civil war fueled by regional actors and, when the Assad regime finally fell, learned the extent of the systematic disappearances and mass executions that had claimed the lives of their loved ones on an industrial scale."

Cian Ward
Cian Ward

"The fate of an ancient language, once spoken by the prophets and revered by millions, may now hinge on a single individual and a small group of determined souls. Aramaic is more than just words, it is the lifeblood of a people and a civilization. Its survival depends not on destiny, but on the will of those who refuse to let it slip into oblivion."