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Teaching Afghan Women Changed How I Read the News
The friendships I formed through a WhatsApp classroom revealed the women behind the headlines in all their complexity—and why our responsibility to them…
Jul 10
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Natalie Elvy
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Iran’s Qur’anic Power Play at Khamenei’s Funeral
Whether deliberate or not, the ceremony left countries across the Middle East debating what Tehran was trying to tell them.
Jul 9
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Issam Fawaz
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The Woman Iran Could Not Break
Mahvash Sabet spent a decade in Iran's prisons because she is a Baháʼí. Her memoir offers a rare firsthand account of faith, survival, and the Islamic…
Jul 8
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Iram Ramzan
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Who Does Iran's National Soccer Team Really Represent?
I played for Iran's women's national team before the Islamic Republic forced me into exile. This year, FIFA welcomed a team serving that same regime…
Jul 7
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Shiva Amini
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World Leaders Will Attend Khamenei's Funeral. Who Will Speak for His Victims?
Diplomatic talks are on hold until Iran's weeklong mourning ceremonies conclude. The thousands of Iranians imprisoned, tortured, or executed under his…
Jul 6
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Husain Maschinetchian
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Arabs and Jews Come Together on Israel's Tennis Courts
While October 7 and the wars that followed have deepened mistrust between Jewish and Arab Israelis, one tennis program is betting that childhood…
Jul 3
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Iram Ramzan
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A Ceasefire in Name Only
The agreement between Israel and Hamas promised an end to military operations and the beginning of Gaza's recovery. Eight months later, many of its…
Jul 2
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Hamza Howidy
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Hamas Crushed Gaza’s Protest Movement. But Palestinians Are Still Angry.
A planned anti-Hamas uprising fizzled in public, but beneath the surface lies growing frustration with a leadership many blame for years of war…
Jul 1
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John Aziz
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June 2026
Can the EU Champion Human Rights While Welcoming the Taliban?
As Afghan women forced into exile are honored for their courage, European leaders are opening the door to the regime that drove them from their country.
Jun 30
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Iram Ramzan
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Inside Baghdad's Financial Reckoning
Behind closed doors, Iraq's ruling coalition is weighing asset sales, monetary reforms, and other politically sensitive measures as mounting debt and…
Jun 29
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Muhi Ansari
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Are British Afghans a Rising Force in Local Politics?
Three newly elected councilors suggest a growing political confidence among Britain's Afghan diaspora, whose political voice is growing abroad even as…
Jun 26
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Olivia Cuthbert
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Born in Beirut, Raised in Kyiv: Two Homelands at War
For Jane Hannouch, the wars in Lebanon and Ukraine are personal. They have turned two places of belonging into sources of fear, grief, and unanswered…
Jun 25
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Abdullah Najjar
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