by Mustafa Akyol MagazineTurkey Celebrates Ottoman Conquests. It Could Also Use Ottoman PluralismThe Ottoman sultans weren’t nationalists. Today’s chauvinists don’t want to hear it.
by Henry Reichman MagazineThe Woman Who Found a New Way to Tell Iran’s StoryMarjane Satrapi, who died this week at age 56, was one of the best-known Iranian storytellers of the past quarter-century.
by Leila Bazzi MagazineHistory of LossHow a Lebanese family’s past was swallowed up by the wars of the present
by Joumana Haddad MagazineHas Lebanon Created a Whole New Species of Human?A beach party before another round of war
by Abdulaziz Alkhamis MagazineSaudi Arabia’s Islamist GambleMohammed bin Salman believes he can court the Muslim Brotherhood overseas while rooting it out at home. Is he right?
by Joumana Haddad MagazineFederalism, or the Architecture of FearA word that sounds benign to many people has ominous connotations for the Lebanese
by Muhammad Hassan Ilyas MagazineThe Secret of Pakistan’s Diplomatic SuccessThe country’s recent travails have given it a hard-won sense of realism.
by Joumana Haddad MagazineIt’s Time for Lebanon to Grow UpLebanon has overdosed on shock. Let’s try thinking for a change
by Ahmed Saadawi MagazineBetween Governance and ResistanceCutting the bond between Iraq’s militias and the state will require an act of radical surgery.
