Mbappé’s Mao Gaffe Costs Him in China
A throwaway line on a French talk show cost the Real Madrid star his Chinese sponsors and left his club and La Liga scrambling to protect one of soccer’s most lucrative markets.
Longing and Belonging in the Arab 21st Century
Zaina Arafat joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss seeing a culture as both an insider and an outsider, the revival of Arab culture in New York city, and her new book “Our Arab.”
The ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ Playbook
The sudden emergence of the label in the U.S. midterms is evidence of a rhetorical exchange between the U.S. and its autocratic allies in the Middle East, as each finds ways to delegitimize, demonize and even prosecute those who might threaten the illiberal status quo of their regimes.
Yemen’s War Has Turned Facebook Into a Mourning Wall
As fighting intensified this fall, Yemenis turned Facebook into a running record of the dead. Hundreds of posts trace the lives of students and graduates who felt they had no choice but to take up arms.
Nidal Hasan’s Execution Will Not Be Livestreamed, but the Idea Has Deep Historical Roots
The livestreaming of Nidal Hasan’s execution has been canceled, but the Hegseth-Trump carnival of death has deep roots in U.S. history. America’s evolving sense of itself, its understanding of what it means to live in a democracy, has always been entwined with fierce debates about public displays of violence.