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The Death of Debate on Palestine and Israel
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A Narrowed Discourse

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Romance as a Scam

How a Childhood Memory Opened a Window on Islam in China
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The Effendi, China and Me

References to Islam were just about unheard of during my upbringing in China — except for the stop-motion cartoon of Ah Fan Ti. Decades later, lightning would strike to trigger a reinterpretation of those days — reverberating beyond my childhood and into today’s world of migration, faith and ethnic rivalry.

How the War in Gaza is Shaping the 2024 Elections — And the Future of the Democratic Party
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Kazakhstan’s Growing Role in the Global Energy Transition May Come at a Cost to Local Communities
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Mubarak’s Indian Doppelganger

Grassroots Initiatives Are Helping Gazans Build Lives in Cairo
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Starting Over in Egypt

As Eurovision 2024 Nears, Israel Is in the Hot Seat
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The World’s Biggest Stage

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Caste, Democracy and Buddhism

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The Untold Story of the Vagabond Princess Gulbadan — With Ruby Lal

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The Sink-Or-Swim Politics of Mexico City’s Water Crisis
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As College Campuses Erupt in Protest, Some See a Political Transformation
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Teaching Middle East Journalism in the Midst of a Crackdown
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Universities Turned into Battlegrounds

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How a Childhood Memory Opened a Window on Islam in China

How a Childhood Memory Opened a Window on Islam in China

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In Saudi Arabia, Ancient Desert Walls Are Rewriting the Stone Age

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A Rare Distraction for Youngsters at a Syrian Camp Spotlights a Precarious Existence

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    Maysa Mustafa
    Maysa Mustafa

    "As time goes on, the truth about celebrity solidarity is becoming clearer: It is a means to an end. Genuine solidarity, especially when followed with backlash, is still a courageous, admirable act — but this is not the time of Maradona or Bourdain. We no longer have to lionize celebrities who use their platforms now that authentic Palestinian voices — coming from within the shaking walls of targeted hospitals or the rubble of their homes — can not only speak on their own behalf, but can attain the same reach."

    Basma El Atti
    Basma El Atti

    "In what some outsiders might see as a surprising alliance, Morocco’s Amazigh community — which includes Muslims and Jews of varying religiosity as well as agnostics and those who practice other religious beliefs — largely aligned itself with Israel, long before the kingdom normalized ties with the country in 2020. The connection transcends religious affiliation, instead stemming from a shared historical aversion to Arabization and Islamization, which the Amazigh see as working to erase their culture."

    Alexey Kovalev
    Alexey Kovalev

    "The first ever full female-to-male surgical transition in the world was performed by a Soviet medical doctor in 1972, and modern Russians have been able to transition and change their identity papers for almost three decades without it ever becoming a national issue. It was never brought up in campaign promises or speeches by Putin or anyone else until after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which serves as both the origin and the goal of Russia’s supposed 'spiritual' transformation."

    Steven Zhou
    Steven Zhou

    "The Chinese Muslim presence has existed for roughly a millennium — immeasurably longer than the reign of the Chinese Communist Party. This history includes the sacrifice of Hui lives during the anti-Japanese resistance, in which religious arguments were aggressively deployed by Chinese Muslim leaders to promote Hui participation against the Japanese."