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Despite Hardship in Gaza, the World Cup Brought Joy
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A Beautiful Respite

The Paths Forward for the Gulf States and Iran
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Middle East

Managing Peace in the Gulf

How the War in Ukraine Reshaped Israel’s ‘Russian’ Community
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Middle East

The Fracture of Israel’s ‘Russians’

The 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine triggered significant shifts within Israel’s Russian-speaking community. Once viewed as culturally and linguistically monolithic, Russians and Ukrainians are now asserting their unique identities, which include political views notably more liberal than those of the generation who arrived as adults in the 1990s.

The Last Dance of Lionel Messi
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Former Detainees in Syria’s Northeast Tell of Trumped-Up Accusations and Torture
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Syria

Liberty and Loss

Unlike Other Stars at the World Cup, Messi Never Talks Politics
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Messi’s Political Silence

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

Israel Is Trying To Extinguish Palestinian Cultural Life in East Jerusalem
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Jerusalem’s Culture War

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

The Sumerian Roots of Zaha Hadid’s Architecture
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Zaha Hadid’s Sumerian Roots

Latin American Fans Are Turning Their Backs on Argentina
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Latin America Turns on Argentina

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Despite Hardship in Gaza, the World Cup Brought Joy

Despite Hardship in Gaza, the World Cup Brought Joy

Dima Hattab
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How the World Cup Helped America See Itself Afresh

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Israel Is Trying To Extinguish Palestinian Cultural Life in East Jerusalem

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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."