Middle East
Among the Drowning
I walk past beds of children in bandages, children with metal rods poking out of tiny legs and arms, children with burns, children with necrotic tissue. Like many others, I watched Gaza’s horror unfold on TV and social media and lacked the words to express it. I am here; I am seeing it for myself. I understand so much more, and yet I find myself even more incapable of articulating the extent of what I am witnessing.
Where Is DJ Khaled?
The silence of the prominent Palestinian-American artist DJ Khaled on the war in Gaza is a reminder of the pitfalls of celebrity solidarity. The question shouldn’t be “Where is DJ Khaled?” but rather: “Do Palestinians really need him?”
The Interlocking Political Fates of Biden and Netanyahu
What if Netanyahu is hoping to damage Biden by promoting the perception that he has abandoned Israel, thus tilting the scales toward Donald Trump in November? This would hardly be his first rodeo. In 2012, the Israeli leader controversially intervened in U.S. electoral politics by openly supporting Mitt Romney over Obama.
From the Dodgy Dossier to the Cambridge Controversies, Not All Plagiarism Is Alike
In 2003, the British government copied parts of my thesis to justify the invasion of Iraq. While accusations leveled at Claudine Gay and Neri Oxman have put plagiarism back in the news, we need to acknowledge that not all cases are the same.
A Diary of Gaza’s Destruction
Now, within the hollows of devastation, we stand as we watch our worlds crumble around us. A barrage of agonizing inquiries besieges us, propelling us toward oblivion: What of safety? Of dreams?
The Gaza War’s Traumatized Children
The impact of the intractable conflict on Israeli and Palestinian children was severe even before the Oct. 7 attack and Israel’s military response, but according to child psychologists, the current conflict has intensified their trauma and left indelible scars.
Revisiting the Adams Colony Affair in Palestine
The story involves a hard-drinking lapsed actor and former Mormon abolitionist who sets off from Maine in 1866 to build a colony in Palestine. He fails spectacularly and his followers, after facing disease, bandits and financial ruin, end up on a ship home with a highly amused Mark Twain.