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Inside Turkey’s EU-Funded Deportation Machine
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Turkey

The EU’s Outsourced Brutality

Organized Looting Is Dispersing Islamic Heritage
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Culture

Selling Islamic History

The Rise and Fall of Cryptocurrency in Nigeria
Reportage
Nigeria

Coins, Cons and Crashes

Amid Nigeria’s faltering currency and soaring inflation, ordinary Nigerians have been drawn to cryptocurrencies in a search for both stability and easy money. Yet investment scams have proliferated, and the government is now tightening regulations and trying to regain control.

How Hurricane Helene Spawned a Storm of Disinformation
Serbia’s Curious Polygraph Craze
Four New Books Attempt To Reckon With Russia’s Recent Past
They Dreamed of Making It Big in Soccer. They Were Trafficked Instead
Searching for Hope in the Wake of October 7
Will Biden Cost Harris the Election?
A Changing of the Guard at Lebanon’s Southern Border
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Lebanon

An Opportunity for Peace

The Devastation of Lebanon
Spotlight
Lebanon

A War on Everyone

Hassan Nasrallah: The Killing of a Killer
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Lebanon

Dust Over Dahiyeh

Seeing Israel Clearly Through Arab Eyes
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Three Facets of Israel

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Survival and Statehood in Ukraine — with Yaroslav Trofimov

Survival and Statehood in Ukraine — with Yaroslav Trofimov

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End of an Era: Israel and the Arab World Before and After Hassan Nasrallah — with Kareem Shaheen and Yair Wallach

End of an Era: Israel and the Arab World Before and After Hassan Nasrallah — with Kareem Shaheen and Yair Wallach

Middle East
Mpox, HIV/Aids and Africa’s Evolving Pandemic Response — with Winnie Byanyima

Mpox, HIV/Aids and Africa’s Evolving Pandemic Response — with Winnie Byanyima

Africa
Yahya Sinwar’s Novel Is a Tale of Palestine, and of His Own Past
Review
Middle East

Sinwar’s Life in His Own Words

Diamonds Brought Prosperity to Botswana. Women Workers Are Paying a Heavy Price
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Botswana

Wiping Away the Shine

How To See Palestine in Israel
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Middle East

Ghosts of Palestine's Past

End of an Era: What Hassan Nasrallah’s Assassination Spells for the Middle East
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Middle East

The Day After Hassan Nasrallah

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The Medical Instrument Behind 135 Years of Women’s Pain

The Medical Instrument Behind 135 Years of Women’s Pain

Diane de Vignemont
Memory Voids and Role Reversals

Memory Voids and Role Reversals

Dana El Kurd
Searching for Hope in the Wake of October 7

Searching for Hope in the Wake of October 7

Lisa Goldman
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    Surbhi Gupta
    Surbhi Gupta

    "It is slowly dawning on a section of Indian society that it has to deal with a larger epidemic of rape in the country. 'There is not one rape to protest but a deeply embedded rape culture,' said a recent editorial in The Free Press Journal."

    Kwangu Liwewe
    Kwangu Liwewe

    "After being named one of the top 11 contestants in the pageant, Adetshina faced severe criticism and online bullying from a cross section of South Africans, who claimed that she was not qualified to compete because of her heritage."

    Amie Ferris-Rotman
    Amie Ferris-Rotman

    "Today, much as almost a century ago, bearing children is deemed crucial to the survival of the Russian state. President Vladimir Putin has revived the motherhood cult; in his annual address on International Women’s Day in 2019, he described raising children as a 'reaffirmation of the traditional values that have always been Russia’s strength.'"

    Erin Clare Brown
    Erin Clare Brown

    "Kais Saied’s recent speeches project a funhouse mirror version of a racist ideology normally targeted at Muslims in Europe, spurring a wave of violence against the country’s Black citizens and immigrants"