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Democracy in Syria?
The new Syrian government’s base is narrow and its politics sectarian. No “state” can unify a nation while aggressively alienating wide segments of its people, nor has it any right to demand patriotism from others if it displays none itself.
Algiers’ Pan-African Moment
After a brutal war of independence, Algeria sought to become a mecca for liberation movements across the African continent, welcoming all the “wretched of the Earth” to its capital for training and material support — from financing to arms.
Requiem for a Revolution
Algeria's 2019 revolution reinvigorated the Arab world. But a year and a half later, it has fallen prey to the same failures of the region's other movements for change. An essay detailing the rise and fall of the Hirak protest movement.
On the Streets of Damascus
I reported from the Syrian capital when a peaceful protest movement became an armed insurgency. Here's what I saw.