Reportage
Hopelessness and Love
In his prison memoir, Nasser Abu Srour writes in a long tradition of incarcerated authors left only with their thoughts and words as vestiges of their autonomy. Now free from confinement, he has a new challenge on his hands: how to make meaning of his new life in exile.
The Truffle Hunters' Roulette
In the desert around Deir ez-Zor, hunting for truffles is both a lifeline and a death trap. Communities devastated by Syria's civil war depend on the seasonal harvest of the culinary delicacy to survive, but the steppes remain laced with landmines.
They Photographed an Execution in Bosnia. Did They Influence the Killer?
The only professionally made images of an execution during the war in the former Yugoslavia have long been a subject of rumor and controversy. How did two young photographers from Belgrade come to document the brutal murder of prisoners? A three-year investigation tracked down the remaining witnesses.
US-Israeli Attacks on Iran Show a Pattern of ‘Double-Tap’ Strikes
A New Lines investigation has found a pattern of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in Iran being carried out after civilians and first responders had gathered at sites that were already hit.
A New Generation Is Redefining Pakistani Cuisine in the US
As young chefs and entrepreneurs embrace their Pakistani identity openly, a small but growing Pakistani-American food scene is emerging beyond traditional immigrant enclaves, with supper clubs and cookbooks expanding its boundaries — and pushing back against decades of being flattened into “Indian” food.
Inside a Volunteer Paramedic Unit Risking Everything in Southern Lebanon
Esaaf Al Nabatieh is a volunteer paramedic group operating in the ghost town of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. After Israeli strikes killed two of their own, including the teenage son of their group chief, the team mourned, laughed and headed out to the next strike location.
China’s Massive Investment in Hungary Is Lucrative but Toxic
Hungary has become the second-largest manufacturer of batteries in the EU, thanks to massive Chinese investment. But locals say they were not consulted about the polluting factories, which are destroying their land and their health, while the secretive agreements with Beijing push the country further into China’s sphere of influence.