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An award-winning magazine for the best writing from around the world. Longform essays and informative analysis run daily. lnk.bio/newlinesmag

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICYMI: Long skeptical of the doomsaying about AI, @idreesahmad.bsky.social  now argues that the potential risks it poses to humanity are too great to be entrusted to the caprice of tech entrepreneurs.
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The AI Threat is Real. The Vulnerabilities Are Too Numerous To Ignore
The stakes in the race to build new models are high, and the fate of humanity can’t be entrusted to the caprice of tech entrepreneurs
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
From the archives: The dam of Gaza genocide denial has well and truly broken. While Israel’s supporters in the West still reject the charge, many media outlets are coming off the fence. Genocide scholar @martinshaw.bsky.social reflects on the shift. 
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The Dam of Gaza Genocide Denial Has Broken
Several prominent media outlets are coming off the fence over Israel’s actions, but a conspiracy of helplessness still prevails
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In one of our current top reads: the women making clothes for some of the world’s biggest fashion brands describe forced overtime, harassment and threats of dismissal. An investigation into the human cost behind the labels we wear: f.mtr.cool/8krd6pjray
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“The Jahili poem and ancient epics preserve another world for us, another mode of consciousness in which poets inhabit a shared matrix of existence with the world and its elements.”
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A Rupture in the History of Consciousness
Centuries of interpretation have separated the self from the world, but glimpses of an older mode of being can still be found, even in the most inward-looking modern literature
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The question is no longer who controls Sanaa, or which faction holds this or that city — but who can project power over one of the world’s most important maritime choke points.
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How Geography Has Changed the War in Yemen
The question is no longer who controls Sanaa, or which faction holds this or that city — but who can project power over one of the world’s most important maritime choke points
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“In the last war, the people of Tigray rallied around the TPLF. We felt we had no choice but to remain united and to fight … This time, things will be different. No one that I know wants to fight in another war.”
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The Betrayal of Tigray
Former enemies are now suddenly allies, freedom fighters have become corrupt autocrats, and the people they claim to lead do not want this war
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
WATCH: France’s student protests began with a simple demand: better schools. @kayliwewe.bsky.social  looks at the demonstrations sweeping the country.
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France's Student Revolt Grows
France’s student protests began with a simple demand: better schools. Kwangu Liwewe Agyei looks at how the demonstrations started in poorer parts of Paris, w...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Editor’s Pick: A wedding struck by a missile. Children buried in Minab. Fishers watching their livelihoods disappear. This is what war looks like far from the military briefings and strategic calculations. Essential reportage from Iran’s southern coast.
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Life in Iran's War-Torn South on the Strait of Hormuz
A writer journeys through Hormozgan province, from Bandar Abbas fish market to the graves of Minab's schoolchildren and a bombed wedding in Kuhestak, where residents say the ceasefire never arrived
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Over the centuries, layers of interpretation have mediated our experience and separated the self from the world, argues Mahmoud Habboush in a new essay for @newlinesmag.bsky.social . But glimpses of an older mode of consciousness can still be found. newlinesmag.com/essays/a-rup...
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A Rupture in the History of Consciousness
Centuries of interpretation have separated the self from the world, but glimpses of an older mode of being can still be found, even in the most inward-looking modern literature
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
For South Korean soccer players, winning gold can mean the difference between 18 months of military service and staying in Europe at the peak of their careers, writes John Duerden.
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How Military Service Exemptions Shape South Korean Soccer
An Olympic medal or Asian Games gold spares male athletes 18 months of conscription, turning a youth tournament into the match of their lives
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
From the @newlinesmag.bsky.social  archives: Egypt’s 2011 revolution gave immense power and influence to a new generation of journalists. Then, just as swiftly, it was taken away. | Basma Elmahdy
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Cairo’s Correspondents
Among the Egyptian exiles who left the country after Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power, dozens are journalists and media professionals who were dispersed around the world as Egyptian authorities tightened their control over privately owned media.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Like many Tigrayans, I live in exile … We are a people scattered by war. And like other such peoples, we know the pain of exile: the nostalgia, the heartache and the dread.”
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The Betrayal of Tigray
Former enemies are now suddenly allies, freedom fighters have become corrupt autocrats, and the people they claim to lead do not want this war
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The documentary film “NAZA” and the satirical drama “Yes!,” both by Israeli directors, hold up mirrors to Israeli society that most find too difficult to see, writes @lisang.bsky.social .
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Two Films About Gaza and Why Some People Hate Them
The documentary film “NAZA” and the satirical drama “Yes!,” both by Israeli directors, hold up mirrors to Israeli society that most find too difficult to see.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Southern Iran is paying a hefty price in a prolonged conflict it did not choose, but while the possibility of a further escalation looms, its people remain defiant.” f.mtr.cool/avgb0p67rj
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In one of our current top reads, @surbhigupta.bsky.social  writes about how the Flydubai flight incident became a political spectacle in multiple countries.
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The Flydubai Flight Lands as a Political Spectacle in Multiple Countries
After a Flydubai flight with mostly Israeli passengers made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, the incident became a political and cultural spectacle, spawning hero narratives and viral memes in Israel, India and Saudi Arabia.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yemen’s war used to be understood as a fight over Sanaa. Now, the more consequential question may be who can project power over Bab al-Mandab, one of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints. | Mohammed Al-Qadhi
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How Geography Has Changed the War in Yemen
The question is no longer who controls Sanaa, or which faction holds this or that city — but who can project power over one of the world’s most important maritime choke points
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WATCH: In South Korea, winning an Olympic medal or Asian Games gold spares male athletes 18 months of conscription. For soccer players, this turns a youth tournament into the competition of their lives. | John Duerden
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South Korea's Sporting Exemption
In South Korea, winning an Olympic medal or Asian Games gold spares male athletes 18 months of conscription. For soccer players, this turns a youth tournamen...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Editor’s Pick: The stakes in the race to build new AI models are high, and the fate of humanity can’t be entrusted to the caprice of tech entrepreneurs, writes @idreesahmad.bsky.social .
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The AI Threat is Real. The Vulnerabilities Are Too Numerous To Ignore
The stakes in the race to build new models are high, and the fate of humanity can’t be entrusted to the caprice of tech entrepreneurs
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: A road trip through Iran's Hormozgan province took Kaveh Rostamkhani past the graves of 157 people killed at a Minab school, a wedding hit by U.S. strikes in Kuhestak and destroyed bridges in Bandar Abbas. Read his report for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/li...
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Life in Iran's War-Torn South on the Strait of Hormuz
A writer journeys through Hormozgan province, from Bandar Abbas fish market to the graves of Minab's schoolchildren and a bombed wedding in Kuhestak, where residents say the ceasefire never arrived
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: The new war does not feel like the last for Tigrayans — freedom fighters have become corrupt autocrats, and former enemies are now suddenly allies. The people are being asked to make more sacrifices, but no longer believe in the cause, writes Zeywegih Leyti for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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The Betrayal of Tigray
Former enemies are now suddenly allies, freedom fighters have become corrupt autocrats, and the people they claim to lead do not want this war
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
ICYMI: @diane2v.bsky.social  writes on how France’s religious nationalists hijacked Pope Leo XIV's visit.
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How France’s Religious Nationalists Hijacked the Pope’s Visit
From far-right billionaires to ultraconservative TikTok influencers, the movement laid Easter eggs all along Leo XIV’s trail through Paris
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A Saudi coffee cup with a hidden message, jokes about seats next to Israelis, India’s dueling “cockroaches” and “mosquitoes” — how the Flydubai flight incident became a political spectacle in multiple countries.
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The Flydubai Flight Lands as a Political Spectacle in Multiple Countries
After a Flydubai flight with mostly Israeli passengers made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, the incident became a political and cultural spectacle, spawning hero narratives and viral memes in Israel, India and Saudi Arabia.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Editor’s Pick: The question is no longer who controls Sanaa, or which faction holds this or that city — but who can project power over one of the world’s most important maritime choke points.
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How Geography Has Changed the War in Yemen
The question is no longer who controls Sanaa, or which faction holds this or that city — but who can project power over one of the world’s most important maritime choke points
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In one of our current top reads, Winston Ross reports from Oregon on why a real solution to the U.S. homelessness crisis remains elusive.
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Why Homelessness Remains Such a Vexing Issue in the US
Legal rulings have given cities and counties new impetus to crack down on street sleeping, but the fate of camps in Oregon shows that’s not the end of the story
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In a large online propaganda campaign in September, Yemen's government and its Saudi backers invoked Syria's revolution to promise Sanaa’s liberation. Within days, the Houthis had taken the coast of Bab al-Mandab.
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Waiting for Yemen’s al-Sharaa
In September, the Yemeni government and its Saudi backers invoked Syria's revolution to promise the liberation of Sanaa, days before the western coast fell to the Houthis
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
WATCH: For five decades, Yousra has remained one of the defining stars of Egyptian cinema, spanning genres and generations. Kwangu Liwewe Agyei speaks with Tom Pollitt about his look back over Yousra’s career.
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Yousra's 50 Years on Screen
For five decades, Yousra has remained one of the defining stars of Egyptian cinema.Kwangu Liwewe Agyei speaks with Tom Pollitt about his look back over Yousr...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Editor’s Pick: Since 1973, South Korean athletes who win Olympic medals or Asian Games gold have been spared most of their military service, a reward that has put unusual pressure on Korean soccer and shaped the careers of stars like Son Heung-min. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/ho...
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How Military Service Exemptions Shape South Korean Soccer
An Olympic medal or Asian Games gold spares male athletes 18 months of conscription, turning a youth tournament into the match of their lives
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW: Twelve years of conflict have transformed the Houthis’ fight from a Yemeni struggle for power into a geopolitical problem centered on one of the world’s most important maritime choke points. Mohammed Al-Qadhi breaks it down for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument/how...
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How Geography Has Changed the War in Yemen
The question is no longer who controls Sanaa, or which faction holds this or that city — but who can project power over one of the world’s most important maritime choke points
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Yemeni government invoked Syria’s revolution to promise Sanaa’s liberation. Days later, the Houthis had seized the western coast and reached Bab al-Mandab. 
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Waiting for Yemen’s al-Sharaa
In September, the Yemeni government and its Saudi backers invoked Syria's revolution to promise the liberation of Sanaa, days before the western coast fell to the Houthis
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“I feel so overwhelmed, as if I’m stuck in this world. …Those who wear the jeans I produce will feel like royalty.” An exclusive investigation from inside the Turkish factories producing denim for major U.S. brands. 
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The Abuses in Turkish Textile Factories Supplying Major US Brands
An exclusive investigation finds that workers routinely face forced overtime, insults and threats of dismissal
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
From the @newlinesmag.bsky.social archives: The medieval past is being reimagined by Christian nationalists, behind a shield of plausible deniability. @lsmwilson.bsky.social examines Pete Hegseth’s tattoos and the crusading obsession of the far right. 
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Pete Hegseth’s Tattoos and the Crusading Obsession of the Far Right
The symbols sported by Trump’s defense pick reveal how the medieval past is being reimagined by Christian nationalists, behind a shield of plausible deniability
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
During Pope Leo XIV’s first visit to France, identitarian Catholics left Easter eggs along the route, from a giant cross to the choice of Mass location, writes @diane2v.bsky.social 
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How France’s Religious Nationalists Hijacked the Pope’s Visit
From far-right billionaires to ultraconservative TikTok influencers, the movement laid Easter eggs all along Leo XIV’s trail through Paris
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WATCH: Théophile Simon expands on his @newlinesmag.bsky.social  article about Somaliland’s struggle for recognition, and discusses the strategic arguments being made about its main port city, the Houthis and China’s influence in the Horn of Africa.
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Somaliland's American Gamble
Somaliland’s President Abdirahman Abdullahi is pitching Trump on the value of his breakaway state, but even with the backing of key GOP lawmakers, the power ...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“You can do what you want with the tents … The people are still here” Despite a Supreme Court ruling being used to make homelessness less visible, the crisis has not gone away. 
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Why Homelessness Remains Such a Vexing Issue in the US
Legal rulings have given cities and counties new impetus to crack down on street sleeping, but the fate of camps in Oregon shows that’s not the end of the story
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
After a near miss with ICE, a Buryat truck driver in the U.S. weighs the life he has built against the Russia he fled, where deportation could mean prison, conscription or worse.  
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ICE Turns Its Sights on Buryat Asylum-Seekers
A member of the persecuted Russian Mongol minority reveals the life he hopes to keep in the US, and the one he dreads if deported
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WATCH: Should the Ten Commandments be displayed in Texas schools? Marcus Gadson examines the long and unsettled fight over religion in U.S. public education, as a new Texas law heads to the Supreme Court. 
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Commandments in the Classroom
Should the Ten Commandments be displayed in Texas schools? Texas has passed a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, but the question ...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Editor’s Pick Sliman Mansour spent a lifetime using art to preserve Palestinian identity and connect people to their land. Rana Anani, who knew him from childhood as a close friend of her father, remembers the gentle, humble man behind the iconic paintings. 
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Sliman Mansour’s Art Captured the Palestinian Condition
From his iconic paintings to the institutions he helped build and the generations of artists he inspired, he has left a vital legacy
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: In South Korea, an Olympic medal or Asian Games gold spares male athletes 18 months of conscription. For soccer players, this turns a youth tournament into the match of their lives, writes John Duerden for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/ho...
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How Military Service Exemptions Shape South Korean Soccer
An Olympic medal or Asian Games gold spares male athletes 18 months of conscription, turning a youth tournament into the match of their lives
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Why do politicians continue to reach for ancient stories to explain Israel and Palestine? @qunfuz.bsky.social  examines how biblical narratives and contested versions of history continue to shape modern political claims to the land. 
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History and Myth in the Holy Land
Why do politicians continue to use Sunday school stories about Israel-Palestine’s past?
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ICYMI: At the U.N., Donald Trump threatened Iran with “ annihilation.” This rhetoric reflects a president struggling to find a way out of a war the United States cannot win, argues @joecirin.bsky.social . 
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An Increasingly Desperate Trump Threatens Iran’s Annihilation
The rhetoric comes as the president is stuck with a war he can’t win and declining domestic popularity — but what if he means what he says?
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
LISTEN: East Africa regional expert Jalale Getachew Birru and Alan Boswell of the International Crisis Group join @kayliwewe.bsky.social  to discuss the return of war to Ethiopia for this month's edition of Global Insights.
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Alan Boswell: The War in Ethiopia is Now a Regional War
East Africa regional expert Jalale Getachew Birru and Alan Boswell of the International Crisis Group join Kwangu Liwewe Agyei to discuss the return of war to...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
As cities across the U.S. dismantle homeless encampments, the people living in them do not disappear. New crackdowns are testing what happens when homelessness is treated as a problem of enforcement rather than housing. 
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Why Homelessness Remains Such a Vexing Issue in the US
Legal rulings have given cities and counties new impetus to crack down on street sleeping, but the fate of camps in Oregon shows that’s not the end of the story
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Buryats are among the latest groups in the U.S. to be denied asylum. A member of the community recalls the Russia he fled and what he fears if deported, in this report by Andrea Prada Bianchi and Soyonbo Borjgin for @newlinesmag.bsky.social . 
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ICE Turns Its Sights on Buryat Asylum-Seekers
A member of the persecuted Russian Mongol minority reveals the life he hopes to keep in the US, and the one he dreads if deported
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Nearly 43% of women report being subjected to harassment or inappropriate behavior by a supervisor, manager or male co-worker — but only 2 out of 3 incidents get reported.” 
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The Abuses in Turkish Textile Factories Supplying Major US Brands
An exclusive investigation finds that workers routinely face forced overtime, insults and threats of dismissal
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WATCH: @surbhigupta.bsky.social  revisits her @newlinesmag.bsky.social  essay on how misogyny in India is reinforced by pop culture, online threats, normalized harassment and impunity.
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India's Culture of Sexual Violence
Surbhi Gupta revisits her New Lines essay, “In India, Rape Culture Continues Unabated,” which looks at how a culture of misogyny continues to thrive in India...
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Editor’s Pick: In an exclusive investigation, @newlinesmag.bsky.social  reports on the Turkish textile factories where women workers face forced overtime and sexual harassment — factories that feed the supply chains for many famous U.S. brands.
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The Abuses in Turkish Textile Factories Supplying Major US Brands
An exclusive investigation finds that workers routinely face forced overtime, insults and threats of dismissal
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The water that once sustained Jordan’s farms is disappearing. Now farmers are digging wells deeper and desalinating groundwater while watching their harvests shrink under the pressure of heat, salt and water scarcity. 
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Water Scarcity in Jordan Is Causing an Agricultural Crisis
Farmers are reeling under the dual pressures of depleting groundwater and climate change
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In defense of Egyptian food: @kshaheen.bsky.social  makes the case that koshary, molokhia and tamiyya deserve more respect. 
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In Defense of Egyptian Food
Egyptian food has long had a bad reputation, but it’s time to reassess what you think you know about mahshy, molokhia in duck stock, koshary — and tamiyya versus falafel.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From the @newlinesmag.bsky.social  archives: “Pop culture that objectifies women’s bodies, rape jokes, rape threats on social media — all have contributed to a rape culture that gives impunity to men because little or no action is taken against it.” 
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In India, Rape Culture Continues Unabated
A month after the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata, the country continues to grapple with the realities of gender-based violence
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ICYMI: New visa restrictions introduced by Washington are raising the stakes in a yearlong dispute over false allegations of white persecution in South Africa.
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The False ‘White Genocide’ Claim Reshaping US-South Africa Relations
New visa restrictions introduced by Washington are raising the stakes in a yearlong dispute over allegations of white persecution
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