The Syrian Kurd blinded because he’d seen too much
From the man literally blinded by horrors to the girl whose dream is to read books, we meet the Syrian Kurds fleeing the ISIS onslaught on Kobani.
Read MoreFrom the man literally blinded by horrors to the girl whose dream is to read books, we meet the Syrian Kurds fleeing the ISIS onslaught on Kobani.
Read MoreSpain’s recognition of the Jews it expelled ignores another historical crime: the Muslims forced out of Andalusia.
Read MoreThe toxic Buddhist-Sinhala supremacism and triumphalism in Sri Lanka means the country’s fragile “peace” is just the prelude to another war.
Read MoreRenowned author and feminist Nawal El Saadawi believes that her fellow Egyptians “must pay the price for freedom”.
Read MoreIn telling the story of Egypt’s vanished Jewish community, a new documentary sheds light on a forgotten chapter of history.
Read MoreThe spread of print media in the 19th century played a profound role in shaping modern Egyptian nationalism and its quest for full independence.
Read MoreIs it possible for Israelis and Palestinians to find common refuge in their shared notions of exile and return?
Read MoreMy father’s secret police file reveals that my newly wed parents were right to flee Egypt. But I’m grateful for the liberation of “exile”.
Read MoreGoing home to Egypt, I cannot shake off the sense of being a stranger in my own increasingly conservative motherland.
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