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Despite Hardship in Gaza, the World Cup Brought Joy

A Beautiful Respite

The Last Dance of Lionel Messi

Messi’s Last Dance

The Paths Forward for the Gulf States and Iran

Managing Peace in the Gulf

In the aftermath of the Iran war, the Gulf Arab states may seek to achieve an equilibrium with the Islamic Republic through managing, rather than resolving, their differences.

The Islamic Studies Scholar John Esposito Cast a Long Shadow

What Went Right

How the World Cup Helped America See Itself Afresh

The Mirror of the World Cup

The Ghosts of the 1982 Falklands War Haunt the Argentina-England Match

Soccer and War

Pablo Alabarces

Parapsychology Is Coming in From the Cold

Physics and the Paranormal

A Truth-Teller for All 10 Villages

Truth-Teller for All 10 Villages

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

Liberty and Loss

Podcasts

How Power Corrupts Those Who Seek It

How Power Corrupts Those Who Seek It

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

Editors' Picks

Despite Hardship in Gaza, the World Cup Brought Joy

Despite Hardship in Gaza, the World Cup Brought Joy

How the World Cup Helped America See Itself Afresh

How the World Cup Helped America See Itself Afresh

Surbhi Gupta, Danny Postel

Israel Is Trying To Extinguish Palestinian Cultural Life in East Jerusalem

Israel Is Trying To Extinguish Palestinian Cultural Life in East Jerusalem

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."