On finally returning to Syria from exile to rebuild what was lost.

On finally returning to Syria from exile to rebuild what was lost.

What happened to the people of Gaza who survived the genocide? Is it even right that we consider them survivors?

The debates in Syria today resonate with the same set of challenges that earlier generations of Syrians faced.

In the instant, mass memorialization of 9/11 that defined the Bush era—and after—there were things America wanted to forget.

The instant, mass memorialization of 9/11 that defined the Bush era—and after—has always left things out.

Much has changed since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and much has not.

Much has changed since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and much has not.

Infatuation with Saudi money—and tyranny—reveals what many oligarchs envision for America’s future.

What happened to the people of Gaza who survived the genocide? Is it even right that we consider them survivors?

What happened to the people of Gaza who survived the genocide? Is it even right that we consider them survivors?

Infatuation with Saudi money—and tyranny—reveals what many oligarchs envision for America’s future.

What happened to the people of Gaza who survived the genocide? Is it even right that we consider them survivors?

What happened to the people of Gaza who survived the genocide? Is it even right that we consider them survivors?

What happened to the people of Gaza who survived the genocide? Is it even right that we consider them survivors?

The Western-backed monarch’s purported commitment to political liberalization doesn't match reality for Jordanians under his long rule.

The Western-backed monarch’s purported commitment to political liberalization doesn't match reality for Jordanians under his long rule.

Threats to close the Strait of Hormuz were a decades-long Iranian bluff. Trump's war changed all that.

The ruins stretched for mile after mile. We drove on over dust to what had once been the suburbs of Damascus.

The ruins stretched for mile after mile. We drove on over dust to what had once been the suburbs of Damascus.

A strike on Beirut lands in Cairo. It lands anywhere anyone is still listening.

For Gulf states fearing the Iran war’s fallout, “narrative control is economic survival.”

Say clash, say escalation, say cycle of violence / even if one side owned all the sky.

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.”

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.”

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.”

On the life and work of a young Sudanese scholar who never stopped demanding attention for his people.

It is a disorienting thing, to keep a ledger of atrocity, to write the ugliness of each day as it happens.

Amid a regional war with planet-wide consequences, the Artemis II mission managed to capture a fleeting global moment infused with rare optimism.

Amid a regional war with planet-wide consequences, the Artemis II mission managed to capture a fleeting global moment infused with rare optimism.

It was inevitable that what applied in Palestine would also apply in the Levant and beyond.

It was inevitable that what applied in Palestine would also apply in the Levant and beyond.

Imagine not the cease-fire into which the Iranians succeeded in maneuvering Trump, but Netanyahu’s scenario of “total victory.”

Imagine not the cease-fire into which the Iranians succeeded in maneuvering Trump, but Netanyahu’s scenario of “total victory.”

Despite years of neglect and marginalization, the crumbling Casbah is still the beating heart of Algiers.