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The Unruly History That Weighs on the New Syria

A New Syria?

Yassin al-Haj Saleh

Celebrating Syria’s Liberation From a Prison Cell in Iraq

Celebrating Liberation in Captivity

Elizabeth Tsurkov

Syria’s New Order Is Not As Fragile As It Seems

No Turning Back

The people now running Syria didn’t just replace Assad — they inherited the revolutionary energy that toppled him. That’s what makes the country’s new order both resilient and paranoid.

The Army Prosecutor, the Sexual Assault and the Videotape

The Leak Dividing Israel

‘Black Pete’ Still Has His Supporters

Backlash in Blackface

Fréderike Geerdink

The MAGA Battle Over the Epstein Files

MAGA’s Epstein Breakdown

Dictators and Dry Bones

Dictators and Dry Bones

Inside the Arab-Owned Cafes Bringing the Middle East to the West

A Cafe That Smells Like Home

The Battle To Define the Arabian Horse

Who Owns the Arabian Horse?

Podcasts

How Power Hides Itself

How Power Hides Itself

Lifting the Lid on the Criminal Underworld

Lifting the Lid on the Criminal Underworld

Why the Internet Got Bad, and How To Fix It

Why the Internet Got Bad, and How To Fix It

Editors' Picks

Syria’s New Order Is Not As Fragile As It Seems

Syria’s New Order Is Not As Fragile As It Seems

The Unruly History That Weighs on the New Syria

The Unruly History That Weighs on the New Syria

Yassin al-Haj Saleh

Celebrating Syria’s Liberation From a Prison Cell in Iraq

Celebrating Syria’s Liberation From a Prison Cell in Iraq

Elizabeth Tsurkov

Videos

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

Unfolding Paper’s Past: Evidence From Egypt – With Lydia Wilson

Unfolding Paper’s Past: Evidence From Egypt – 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."