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In our annual tradition, New Lines' editors choose their favorite reads of the past year

New Lines reports from Sednaya Prison, where Syrians brave horrors in a desperate search for lost loved ones

While the attempted assassination of Naguib Mahfouz 30 years ago is usually seen as a story of Islamist extremism, the original controversy surrounding his work was rooted more in politics than religi...

While the attempted assassination of Naguib Mahfouz 30 years ago is usually seen as a story of Islamist extremism, the original controversy surrounding his work was rooted more in politics than religi...

هل تُحوِّل تطورات الأيام الأخيرة بيئة الصراع في سوريا على نحو يفتح الباب لتغيرات سياسية أوسع، تفاوضية أو غير ذلك؟ هل تكسر هذه التطورات نسقاً استقر طوال سنوات، نسق أحداث بلا تغير، أو أحداث عقيمة سياسيا...

My Recommendations of Fiction and Nonfiction

New Lines reports exclusively on the details leading up to the city's stunning capture

The group’s new leader Naim Qassem is underwhelming at best and shows how far it has fallen

The Edinburgh government is mulling a ban on the sale of peat, a vital carbon store that also puts the signature smoke in Scotch

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The war has already damaged many lesser-known antiquities and poses a threat to sites of global importance

The war has already damaged many lesser-known antiquities and poses a threat to sites of global importance