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The Unresolved Contradictions Ali Khamenei Leaves Behind

The House That Khamenei Built

Mehrzad Boroujerdi

Hezbollah’s Latest Attack on Israel May Have Sealed the Party’s Demise in Lebanon

Hezbollah Attack Alienates Supporters

Iran Has Always Been More Than the Islamic Republic

Between Iran and Me

An Iranian journalist reflects on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, considering decades of failed sanctions, diaspora authoritarianism and the civilizational story that nobody told.

Kourosh Ziabari

Investigation Debunks Claims IRGC Bombed Iranian School

No Sign Iran Behind School Massacre

The US-Israel Attack on Iran Is a Wake-Up Call for the Gulf

The Gulf's Wake-Up Call

War, Emigration and the Search for Love in Lebanon

Not So Many Fish in the Sea

Madeline Edwards

Iran Is Not on the Brink of Revolution, It Has Entered a Long Decline

Iran Is Not on the Brink of Revolution

Menahem Merhavy

Saudi Arabia’s Coffee Renaissance

Cardamom and Flat Whites

Secret Marriages and Serial Divorce in Mauritania

Divorced, Desired and Devout

Podcasts

In the Shadow of the Ayatollah’s Death, War Comes to Iran

In the Shadow of the Ayatollah’s Death, War Comes to Iran

Trump Comes to Africa

Trump Comes to Africa

The Invisible Lines That Divided South Asia

The Invisible Lines That Divided South Asia

Editors' Picks

Iran’s Supreme Leader Is Dead, but Its People Remain in Peril

Iran’s Supreme Leader Is Dead, but Its People Remain in Peril

Iran Strikes Back at the Gulf as the US Pursues a Regime Change It Cannot Force

Iran Strikes Back at the Gulf as the US Pursues a Regime Change It Cannot Force

The US-Israel Attack on Iran Is a Wake-Up Call for the Gulf

The US-Israel Attack on Iran Is a Wake-Up Call for the Gulf

Videos

The Quarterly Review: How Did We Get Here?

The Quarterly Review: How Did We Get Here?

Ground Control: How Pepper Spiced Up World Trade – With Lydia Wilson

Ground Control: How Pepper Spiced Up World Trade – With Lydia Wilson

Pete Hegseth’s Tattoos and the Crusading Obsession of the Far Right- With Lydia Wilson

Pete Hegseth’s Tattoos and the Crusading Obsession of the Far Right- With Lydia Wilson

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

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Contributors

Lydia Wilson

Lydia Wilson

"Words have been shown as inadequate against the military might of Israel, buttressed by the most powerful countries in the world. We are all impotent witnesses, unable to prevent the atrocities we have been watching for almost 22 long and cruel months. What use are more words? And is it really my place to be the amanuensis of Palestinians?"

Paul Apostolidis

Paul Apostolidis

"People can start to think and feel differently about who bears which costs of our common life when they take the chance of telling and listening to stories of different immigrant groups — together. This makes it possible to sense the profound resonances between, for instance, Greek and Mexican immigrant experiences as well as the jarring ways that such experiences are 'really different.'"

Olivia Snaije

Olivia Snaije

"In literature, there is an unquestioned acceptance of a cultural dominance that is situated in the east, whether formerly in Baghdad or Damascus, or more currently in Cairo, Beirut and increasingly in the Gulf. While Arabic-language literature from the Maghreb does travel east, writers from sub-Saharan Africa feel they are overlooked in the Middle East."

Waleed Nasir

Waleed Nasir

"Pakistan must make a case for “constructive multi-alignment,” finding ways to be a strategic asset to both the U.S. and China, argued Yusuf and Akhtar. But it cannot do that while it continues to be mired in political instability, economic degradation, surging violence from nonstate actors and a hostile neighborhood."