Dreaming of a vanished Syria

“A lot of Syrians are indulging in a nostalgia that requires a lot of denial,” says Syrian-American author Alia Malek. “This is why I’m a student of history, not to live in a fantasy but to learn why and how we are where we are today.”

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The Viking Allah

A mysterious ring in a dead Viking woman’s tomb shows how Northern Europeans came into contact with Muslims and Islam before even becoming Christian.

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Fiction: Football

I ask if he is making friends… She tells me he has black skin, lifting her arm to show me in case I don’t comprehend the significance.

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The box

Andrew knew the first time he opened the box that it would lead to no good. But he did it anyway. He couldn’t help it.

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