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Displaced Lebanese Families Spend Eid Longing for Home
From Nabatieh to Tripoli, many in Lebanon describe an Eid overshadowed by displacement, rising costs, and fears about the future. Many are holding off…
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Abdullah Najjar
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The Moments That Make Eid
From around the world, the Middle East Uncovered and Ideas Beyond Borders team reflect on their favorite Eid memories and how the meaning of celebration…
May 28
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Middle East Uncovered
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Afghan Women Recall Childhoods Cut Short by Forced Marriage
The Taliban have legalized an already pervasive practice in Afghanistan: selling girls into marriage. Three women described being traded to older men…
May 27
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Iram Ramzan
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“The People Are Hungry and the Prisons Are Full”: Tunisia on the Eve of Eid
As the cost of celebrating Eid al-Adha rises beyond the reach of many Tunisians, frustrations over economic hardship and political repression are…
May 26
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Abdullah Najjar
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Inside Gaza’s Women-Only Boxing Club
For women and girls displaced by war, the Gaza Boxing Women Club offers athletic training and a place to gather, cope, and keep moving forward together.
May 22
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Giovanni Vigna
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Syria Can’t Be Rebuilt on the Myths of Its Diaspora
Each Syrian community in exile carries its own frozen image of the homeland. But the country cannot move forward unless its people begin negotiating a…
May 21
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Ammar Abdulhamid
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Israel’s Reputation Problem Cannot Be Solved With Better PR
The challenge is no longer simply how the conflict is perceived abroad, but whether both sides can confront the violence surrounding it honestly enough…
May 19
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John Aziz
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The Victims Lost in the War Over Narratives
Testimonies describing sexual violence against October 7 survivors and Palestinians are being consumed by a wider political struggle that leaves little…
May 19
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Hamza Howidy
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Caught Between Hezbollah and Israel, Lebanon’s Christians Choose To Stay Put
While thousands flee the fighting in the south, many Christians in border towns say they would rather die than abandon generations of faith, history…
May 18
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Abdullah Najjar
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What It’s Like To Be a Beekeeper in Tunisia
After a near-fatal bee attack, Hela Boubaker turned beekeeping into a mission to support rural women and protect Tunisia’s struggling hives.
May 17
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Olivia Cuthbert
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Peace Is Not Coming to Lebanon Anytime Soon
As long as Hezbollah remains tied to the Islamic Republic’s regional agenda, Lebanon cannot negotiate as a fully sovereign state.
May 13
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Issam Fawaz
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Gaza’s Lost History on Display in Turin
A major exhibition at Fondazione Merz explores Gaza's ancient Mediterranean identity through archaeology, art, and archival photography, recovering a…
May 12
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Giovanni Vigna
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