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Unlike Other Stars at the World Cup, Messi Never Talks Politics

Sports, Argentina

Messi’s Political Silence

Pablo Alabarces

Israel Is Trying To Extinguish Palestinian Cultural Life in East Jerusalem

Jerusalem’s Culture War

Former Detainees in Syria’s Northeast Tell of Trumped-Up Accusations and Torture

Liberty and Loss

As Syria's new state works through a backlog of detainee cases, hundreds who were imprisoned by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been released, including children. But some families are still waiting.

Anagha Subhash Nair

Palestine Wasn’t on the Pitch, But It Still Showed Up at the World Cup

Palestine at the World Cup

Christin El-Kholy

As Millions Mourn Ali Khamenei, Iran Prepares for a New Chapter

Preparing for Life After Khamenei

Fateme Karimkhan

The Sumerian Roots of Zaha Hadid’s Architecture

Zaha Hadid’s Sumerian Roots

Latin American Fans Are Turning Their Backs on Argentina

Sports, Argentina

Latin America Turns on Argentina

Santiago Ospina Celis

Damascus Bombings Hint at Broader Campaign To Destabilize the New Syria

Damascus on Edge

Egypt’s Counterrevolution Erects a Monument to Its Own Survival

The Octagon Fortress

Christin El-Kholy

Podcasts

The Arguments America Has Never Settled

The Arguments America Has Never Settled

Soccer, Power and the Politics of America’s World Cup

Soccer, Power and the Politics of America’s World Cup

How a New Pandemic Exposes the Geopolitics of Disease

How a New Pandemic Exposes the Geopolitics of Disease

Editors' Picks

Israel Is Trying To Extinguish Palestinian Cultural Life in East Jerusalem

Israel Is Trying To Extinguish Palestinian Cultural Life in East Jerusalem

The Ambiguities of Solidarity at Khamenei’s Funeral in Iraq

The Ambiguities of Solidarity at Khamenei’s Funeral in Iraq

Syria’s New Parliament of Networks

Syria’s New Parliament of Networks

Abdullah Al-Ghadhawi

Videos

Is Bamako About To Fall?

Is Bamako About To Fall?

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

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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."