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How a Hospital Became a Battleground in Syria
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A Hospital in the Crossfire

Israeli Liberals Grapple With the G-Word
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A Tipping Point in Israel

The Ordeal of the Syrian Nation-State Today
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Democracy in Syria?

The new Syrian government’s base is narrow and its politics sectarian. No “state” can unify a nation while aggressively alienating wide segments of its people, nor has it any right to demand patriotism from others if it displays none itself.

How Audre Lorde Studied Berlin’s Warnings and Silences
This Is How You Conduct Genocide by the Regulations
Balancing Fairness and Stability in Syria’s Political Transition
The UK’s Fragmenting Politics
Belgium’s Broken Prisons
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The Toxic Blowback of Israel’s Bombs
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The Toxic Blowback of Israel’s Bombs

When a Dutch Drug Kingpin Needed a New Base, Sierra Leone Welcomed Him With Open Arms
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Sierra Leone

The Cocaine King of Freetown

Four Decades After His Imprisonment, France Can’t Stop Fighting Over Georges Abdallah
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The Georges Abdallah Affair

Superman Was Always a Social Justice Warrior
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Superman Was Born Woke

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Syria After Sweida

Syria After Sweida

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East Africa’s Authoritarian Turn

East Africa’s Authoritarian Turn

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Ukraine on the Precipice

Ukraine on the Precipice

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How Foreign Agendas Hijacked a Local Crisis in Syria
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Syria

Sovereignty on the Line

How Syria’s Dictatorship Lost the War of Information
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Syria

Assad's Tech Blind Spot

Progressives Have No Business Celebrating MAGA’s Epstein Revolt
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United States

The Epstein Trap

Laura Loomer and Jewish MAGA’s Dance With the Devil
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Jewish MAGA’s Dance With the Devil

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Syria’s Druze Grapple with Israel and Militancy

Syria’s Druze Grapple with Israel and Militancy

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America’s Preexisting Conditions

America’s Preexisting Conditions

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Historicide in Gaza

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 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

 Unfolding Paper’s Past: Evidence From Egypt – With Lydia Wilson

Unfolding Paper’s Past: Evidence From Egypt – With Lydia Wilson

 Role Reversals: A Palestinian in the Jewish Museum of Berlin on October 7 – With Dana El Kurd

Role Reversals: A Palestinian in the Jewish Museum of Berlin on October 7 – With Dana El Kurd
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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."