How 1980s Lebanon Made Today’s Middle East
Kim Ghattas joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss how the Beirut of the 1980s offers a prism through which to understand today’s regional rivalries, as set out in her new book, “The Best Kind of American.”
In Yemen, No One Wants To Be a Teacher Anymore
Military recruitment and a collapsing riyal have drained Yemen’s teacher training colleges, with some departments now enrolling no students at all.
A Rupture in the History of Consciousness
Over the centuries, layers of interpretation have mediated our experience and separated the self from the world, but glimpses of an older mode of consciousness can still be found. Even modern literature that is transfixed by the self and immersed in its workings can fleetingly reveal the older intimacy.
The Betrayal of Tigray
In the last war, the people of Tigray rallied around the TPLF. We felt we had no choice but to remain united and fight if we were to save ourselves. This time, things will be different. No one that I know wants to fight in another war.
Life in Iran’s War-Torn South on the Strait of Hormuz
A writer journeys through Hormozgan province, from Bandar Abbas fish market to the graves of Minab's schoolchildren and a bombed wedding in Kuhestak, where residents say the ceasefire never arrived.