Tag: Syria

As Bad As Death

For Syrians, military strategies of food deprivation, siege, and starvation are both present and past.

The Making of the Syrian Disaster

How state interests stoked radicalism and abandoned the moderates in the opposition.

Decolonizing Culture

What a leftist Moroccan journal from the 60s can teach us about today’s cultural crises.

Engaging Iran and Cuba

When it comes to adversarial states, diplomatic aims are better served by engagement, not isolation.

A Fraught Commemoration

A brief history of the observance and politics of Nakba day.

A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide

On the enduring legacy of Karnig Panian and hist story.

Boom: A Photo Essay

Construction and destruction in Shatila and Gaza. by DIANA ALLAN All photos courtesy of Hisham Ghuzlan When I visited Shatila last week two topics dominated conversation: the carnage in Gaza and the deleterious effects of the construction boom underway in the camp. I’ll take them 

The Other Israelis

The radical Jewish left in Israel and Gaza is lending its voice to the outcry on behalf of Gazans. by ORIT BASHKIN This image was created by political satirist, Amir Schiby, following the deaths of Ahed Atef Bakr, Zakaria Ahed Bakr, Mohamed Ramez Bakr, and 

ISIL and the Perils of Quasi-Statehood

From the outset, ISIL intended to be more than simply a franchisee of the al-Qaeda organization or yet another radical Islamic movement. by ARIEL AHRAM The Islamic State today consists of an arc of towns and cities spanning the Syrian and Jazeera deserts, an archipelago