The Taliban Is Dangerous to Me. I’m Dangerous to the Taliban
I left Kabul after the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021. As a female journalist in exile, I’m learning what it means to help my country from afar
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The Other Front: Ukraine’s Cultural Revolution
As the country fights for its right to exist, Ukrainians at home and abroad are embracing their language, literature, and heroic figures
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Grieving a Lost Future in Sudan
I planned to return to my hometown of Khartoum one day. As it burns, I wonder if the city of my childhood ever really existed
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The Women Fighting One of the Harshest Abortion Laws in the Americas
In some cases, women face handcuffs and criminal charges after suffering medical emergencies
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How a Century of Turmoil in Russia and Ukraine Shaped My Family
Since 1917, my kin have fled and returned, only to leave again. Will Putin’s war stop us from ever going back?
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Navigating My Palestinian Heritage with the Help of Social Media
To be Palestinian is to lament a life that never was and perhaps never will be
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North Korea’s Mysterious Cryptocurrency Ambitions
A Pyongyang blockchain conference raises new questions about the country’s ability to evade sanctions
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Which Countries Get to Be Tourist Destinations?
Some regions are branded as places to find yourself. Others, like the Middle East, are constantly villainized
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How George Orwell’s 1984 Got Published in Cuba
In 2016, the antitotalitarian classic mysteriously appeared in a new translation
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