'Ritaj Rihan': A New Poem on Gaza

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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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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February 2026

Agrarian Annihilation and the Fight for Land Justice in Palestine

How state violence and market coercion have devastated the social, ecological, and economic fabric of rural life in the West Bank.

Feb 26

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Why the Struggle for Palestine Is a Struggle Against ‘Fossil Capitalism’

By Adam Hanieh, Robert Knox, and Rafeef Ziadah

Feb 9

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