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In Rushing to Conclusions, the Media Often Misses the Mark

Missing the Mark to Make Deadline

In Karachi, Street Food Tells a Story of Division and Unity

The Flavors That Divide Us

An Israeli Soccer Team’s Toxic Fan Base

The Rise and Fall of Beitar Jerusalem

None of this is out of character for one of the most toxic fan bases in world soccer, with a rap sheet that includes beatings, stabbings and continual displays of overt racism. The songbook from the stands is spine-chilling: “Death to Arabs,” “May your village burn” and celebrations of mass murderer Baruch Goldstein and Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin Yigal Amir. But how did Beitar Jerusalem become this way?

Iran Fatwa: the Meaning of the Attack on Salman Rushdie

What the Rushdie Attack Means

Love, Life and Hope: Returning to Help the Women of Afghanistan

Empowering Afghan Women

Nazila Jamshidi

Qeema Confidential

Qeema Confidential

Rasha Al Aqeedi

When Uganda Expelled Its Asian Population in 1972, Britain Tried to Exclude Them

United Kingdom, South Asia

Bad Policies and Good Immigrants

A Female Muslim Scholar in France Discovers a Past That’s Present

Old White Frenchmen and Me

Palm Oil and Blood In Honduras’ Ongoing Conflict

Honduras and Ongoing Land Fights

Israel and Gaza Keep Up Their Precarious Dance

The Gaza View From Israel

The Passing of a Syrian General Famed for Brutality

Brutal Syrian Security Chief’s Legacy

An Iraqi Actress to Sue The Economist Over ‘Fat’ Photo

A ‘Fat’ Picture Spurs a Lawsuit

Rasha Al Aqeedi

Trump Ally Steve Bannon Wants to Destroy U.S. Society as We Know It

The Chaos Theory of Steve Bannon

Benjamin R. Teitelbaum

Podcasts

One Year After the Fall of Kabul – with Fazelminallah Qazizai

One Year After the Fall of Kabul – with Fazelminallah Qazizai

When Reality Is a Lie — with Lea Ypi

When Reality Is a Lie — with Lea Ypi

Authoritarianism

Love, Lust and Literature — with Selma Dabbagh

Love, Lust and Literature — with Selma Dabbagh

Editors' Picks

Faith and Vengeance: the Islamic State’s War in Afghanistan

Faith and Vengeance: the Islamic State’s War in Afghanistan

Fazelminallah Qazizai, Chris Sands

An Iraqi Actress to Sue The Economist Over ‘Fat’ Photo

An Iraqi Actress to Sue The Economist Over ‘Fat’ Photo

Rasha Al Aqeedi

Reporting on the Taliban Takeover

Reporting on the Taliban Takeover

Fazelminallah Qazizai

Photo Essays

Future Melting Away as Water Crisis Hits Northwest Corner of India

Future Melting Away as Water Crisis Hits Northwest Corner of India

Haziq Qadri, Lylla Younes

A Vanishing Craft: Khartoum’s Handmade Skull Caps

A Vanishing Craft: Khartoum’s Handmade Skull Caps

Jenny Gustafsson

Mosul’s Walls Tell a Story of Brutality and Recovery

Mosul’s Walls Tell a Story of Brutality and Recovery

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

Contributors

Nazila Jamshidi

Nazila Jamshidi

"I cannot say for sure if I will ever fulfill my dream of going back to Afghanistan, but I won’t give up. I hope that someday I can stand on the top of Guzargah hill, look out over Herat and tell a young couple standing by my side: 'We will rebuild it.'"

Jaber Baker

Jaber Baker

"The day our number reached 38, we started sleeping sideways, alternating heads and feet. We quickly got used to the terrible smells, crowding, hunger and the sounds of torture."

Fazelminallah Qazizai

Fazelminallah Qazizai

"My memories of August 15 last year are now mostly positive. The events of that day showed, perhaps, that we can learn from our mistakes, that we can value the lives of those we disagree with."

Maali Jamil

Maali Jamil

"When he could connect to the internet, my husband told me that the Saudis were bombing us. He couldn’t believe what he was saying, and neither could I. But minutes later, we were certain."