Muslim Brotherhood
Behind a Smear Campaign
In 2020, my home was raided by the Austrian police as part of Operation Luxor, a crackdown on Muslim civil society activists. Only later would I discover what lay behind the branding of prominent Muslim voices as Islamist enemies of the state and made my life in Austria impossible.
Yemen’s Brotherhood in Exile
After nearly a decade of war in Yemen, many leaders of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Islah party live in Turkey, dependent on the fluctuating support of international allies. In exile, Islah is at one of the lowest points in its history, suffering from weakness, fragmentation and poor leadership.
A Libyan Revenant
For one militia commander, a battlefield defeat was payback to the aspiring Libyan strongman Gen. Khalifa Haftar. But it also illustrates in stark clarity how the Middle East’s proxy wars and ideological rivalries have spilled across borders, ensnaring both the innocent and not so innocent.
How a Human Rights Report Could Upend Sudan
For years Nabil Adeeb provided legal representation to opponents of the old regime, earning him the respect of human rights activists. He now leads an inquiry into atrocities that threatens to destabilize his country.
Among Syria’s Revolutionaries
As protests against the brutal regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad grew in the early 2010s, the then-US ambassador to Syria. Robert Ford, met with two opposition leaders seeking American support for their causes. Razan Zaitouneh and Colonel Akaidi understood how the Syrian revolution would go.