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When the Deep State Is All Too Real

Deep States, Real and Fake

A Tribute to Shireen Abu Akleh, a Journalistic Role Model

She Was a Role Model for Us All

Rasha Al Aqeedi

How Islam Settled Roe v. Wade Centuries Ago

Islam: Pro-Life and Pro-Choice

In Islam, abortion is permissible in many cases, like fear of not providing for the child. Sex outside of marriage also falls into this category. One fatwa states that abortion is fine for a single mother, maybe even better if she will face social stigma.

Anna Lekas Miller

The Story Behind the Viral ‘Viking’ Soldier

The Viral ‘Viking’ of Ukraine

Rebranding Foods for Political Consumption: a Long Tradition

Food and Politics: Just Beefing

Anthony Elghossain

The Deep State: the Conspiratorial Turn in America

Translating the Deep State to America

Afghan Women Deserve to Be Respected

Letter from Kabul

The Taliban and Islamic Dress

Fazelminallah Qazizai

A 13th-Century Text Teaches Us About Arabs and Europeans

Religious Coexistence in Medieval Spain

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

Is Putin Sick – Or Are We Meant to Think He Is?

Putin Cancer Claim Reaches Elites

Podcasts

Bedouin Poetry and Culture Through the Ages — with Marcel Kurpershoek

Bedouin Poetry and Culture Through the Ages — with Marcel Kurpershoek

The Last Days of the Ottomans – with Eugene Rogan

The Last Days of the Ottomans – with Eugene Rogan

A Life in Translation — with William Hutchins

A Life in Translation — with William Hutchins

Editors' Picks

France’s Atomic Legacy in Algeria

France’s Atomic Legacy in Algeria

Youcef O. Bounab

The Lost Armenians of Gaziantep

The Lost Armenians of Gaziantep

We’re Launching a New Series: the Past, the Present and Beyond

We’re Launching a New Series: the Past, the Present and Beyond

Faisal Al Yafai

Photo Essays

East Africa’s Worst Drought in 40 Years Is Threatening Countries’ Future

East Africa’s Worst Drought in 40 Years Is Threatening Countries’ Future

Kang-Chun Cheng, Lylla Younes

The Divas of the Arab World

The Divas of the Arab World

Nairobi Gang Members Turn to Greenery to Change Their Lives and City

Nairobi Gang Members Turn to Greenery to Change Their Lives and City

A Tattooed Community in India Is Dying Out

A Tattooed Community in India Is Dying Out

Maellyn Macintosh

Contributors

Farea Al-Muslimi

Farea Al-Muslimi

“Hadi was, in many ways, the worst ally to have. And the perfect enemy. He was happy with any compromise, any loss, as long as he stayed in power.”

Sophia Moskalenko

Sophia Moskalenko

"I am Ukrainian, Jewish and Romani. Each of my ancestors’ people survived a genocide in the 20th century. Before this war, I had imagined what it must have felt like for my grandparents to be targeted for extermination"

Naomi Kaye Honova

Naomi Kaye Honova

"I find a lot of solace in reaching for a novel or a story that speaks to me in some way, even if it was written decades prior."

Olivia Snaije

Olivia Snaije

"As France addresses its colonial past on the 60th anniversary of the Algerian war for independence, it is also on the cusp of becoming populist and right wing"