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'Style Guide,' a Poem by Adam Makary
Say clash, say escalation, say cycle of violence / even if one side owned all the sky.
May 27
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Adam Makary
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How Sisi's Militarized Urbanism Is Remaking Egypt
Sisi's regime has securitized public spaces and built mass surveillance into urban planning in a quest to turn Egypt into the “perfect military camp.”
May 20
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Hossam el-Hamalawy
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'Ritaj Rihan,' a Poem by Vaheed Ramazani
She went on her own two feet / and she came back to me on a stretcher.
May 14
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Hamid Khalafallah Refused Selective Outrage
On the life and work of a young Sudanese scholar who never stopped demanding attention for his people.
May 8
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Selling Syria's Reconstruction
My new piece in Foreign Policy on Sharaa's murky investment campaign to rebuild the country, pitching high-rises amid all the rubble.
May 1
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Frederick Deknatel
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April 2026
Looking to Space for a Glimmer of Hope and Solidarity
Amid a regional war with planet-wide consequences, the Artemis II mission managed to capture a fleeting global moment of rare optimism.
Apr 28
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Hagai El-Ad
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A Ledger of Destruction, From One War to Another
It was inevitable that what applied in Palestine would also apply in the Levant and beyond.
Apr 20
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Amal Ghandour
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The Catastrophic Cost of an Israeli Victory Over Iran
Imagine not the cease-fire into which the Iranians succeeded in maneuvering Trump, but Netanyahu’s scenario of “total victory.”
Apr 17
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Hagai El-Ad
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The Casbah of Algiers, a Museum in Ruins
Despite years of neglect and marginalization, the crumbling Casbah is still the beating heart of Algiers.
Apr 12
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An Elegy for My Cairo
The chaotic inclusiveness of downtown Cairo, imperfect but vital, is being replaced by curated order. Downtown used to be ours—crowded, yes, but not…
Apr 4
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Yasser Elsheshtawy
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March 2026
Uncanny Echoes of Iraq
My new essay for New Lines Magazine on Trump channeling Bush in Iraq, while desperately insisting his war with Iran "is not Iraq."
Mar 13
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Frederick Deknatel
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The Iran War Has Exposed the Gulf's Bet on U.S. Protection
Voices across the Gulf express fear and anguish over a war that has turned supposed U.S. security guarantees into liabilities.
Mar 9
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