Spotlight
An Impossible Job
The ICC is looking for a new chief at a difficult time. The incoming leader will take over major cases, face pressure from powerful governments and have to rebuild trust in the institution — but its future will also depend on whether countries continue to support its work.
Protests and Profanity
India’s Gen Z is rewriting the rules of public speech. As profanity moves from private jokes and internet culture into protests, the backlash reveals a deeper generational divide over authenticity and respectability.
How an Egyptian Doctor’s Fad Diet Turned Deadly
The “tayyibat” diet, devised by the late Egyptian medical influencer Diaa al-Awady and drawing on Quranic language, splits food into "pure" and "harmful" categories while urging followers to eat sugar and starch, quit poultry and vegetables, and abandon conventional medicine, including insulin. Its harm is still being felt.
‘Mamdani Is More Popular With American Jews Than Netanyahu’
Presidential hopeful Rahm Emanuel recently warned Israelis that they’ve become a pariah state, with most Democrats and even the majority of American Jews pulling away over the country’s policies. But Israelis seem unable to accept that the Gaza war is the reason their international image is at an all-time low.
Hany Shenouda, the Maestro Who Modernized Egypt’s Music
From Al Massrieen to Amr Diab, the composer, producer and bandleader Hany Shenouda helped transform Egyptian music, launching some of the Arab world's biggest stars and creating a soundtrack that continues to resonate far beyond the country that produced it.
The Ghosts of the 1982 Falklands War Haunt the Argentina-England Match
When Argentina and England square off in the World Cup, it is much more than a game of soccer — it unearths a long history between the two nations and conjures the ghosts of the 1982 Falklands war. That history weighs heavily on Argentines.
Unlike Other Stars at the World Cup, Messi Never Talks Politics
Lionel Messi is among the most recognizable individuals in the world. But unlike stars who have directly experienced some form of inequality — such as Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior — he holds no political opinions and avoids any public stances that could stir controversy.