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Africa May Be on the Cusp of a Soccer Golden Age

Africa May Be on the Cusp of a Soccer Golden Age

For decades, African soccer has been caught between immense natural talent and broken systems of governance and funding. But a convergence of changes — new leadership, diaspora players returning to their roots, Morocco’s World Cup success and grassroots investment — could tip the continent into a golden era.

Finding Space To Dissent From Israel’s Wartime Narrative

Finding Space To Dissent From Israel’s Wartime Narrative

In “Shivtown,” documentary filmmaker Hillel Ben-Zeev Perlov tells the story of three unhappy years he spent as a photographer at a remote Israeli army base, asking penetrating questions about universal concerns like generational trauma and why we perpetuate cycles of hatred and wars.

In Paris, Arab Music Is a Form of Protest

In Paris, Arab Music Is a Form of Protest

Last May, I attended a special concert by the duo Bedouin Burger at the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art, titled “A Nomad Ballad.” The celestial voice of Syrian singer Lynn Adib filled the air at the exhibition, which was dedicated to Arab artists. By her side was her…

The ‘New Georgia’ Points to America’s Future

The ‘New Georgia’ Points to America’s Future

Georgia has become more politically and culturally diverse over the past decade. The new Peach State being built in Atlanta’s suburbs is one where white people and minorities, conservatives and liberals, retired suburbanites and young urbanists, transplants and natives are learning to build new types of communities together.

What Iran Wants

What Iran Wants

Historian and author Afshon Ostovar joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the ideology and strategy of Iran.