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Erdoğan’s Latest Target on the Road to 2028
A crackdown on LGBTQ groups is giving the government a culture-war issue to rally conservative voters. Turkey’s opposition is too exhausted and divided…
 • Medeni Sungur
The Iranian Victims Missing From Pezeshkian’s United Nations Speech
I recognize the propaganda the Islamic Republic brought to the UN. Its version of “our people” leaves out protesters, dissidents, and women punished for…
 • Husain Maschinetchian
Sherif Gaber and the Price of Free Inquiry
He became one of the Arab world’s most influential atheist voices while hiding from the authorities determined to silence him. Now, after years of…
 • Mohamed Ali
The Taliban Didn’t Ban Her From Studying Abroad. They Made It Nearly Impossible.
For Afghan women, getting accepted into a university abroad is only the beginning. Leaving the country requires navigating a maze of restrictions with…
 • AJ Bonassin
The Price Iranians Are Still Paying
More than eight months ago, the Islamic Republic cut internet access to suppress dissent. With the war still dragging on, millions of Iranians have yet…
 • SoranMansournia
They’re on Opposite Sides of the Israel-Palestine Debate. They Both Hate This Film.
Israeli politicians and radical pro-Palestinian activists have both turned on NAZA, though for entirely different reasons. Neither side has actually…
 • Hamza Howidy
The World Might See Them as Enemies. They See Each Other as Partners for Peace.
Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah have both experienced devastating loss. Their grief brought them to the same conviction: there has to be another way.
 • Iram Ramzan
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