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Everything about the Syrian president & his story is mind-boggling. Take this, for example: Exactly 20 years ago today, he was captured by the Americans in Iraq & jailed. Today he met (& impressed) the US president in Riyadh. His life reads like a ready-made Hollywood script.

This vividly illustrates the point of my recent New Lines Magazine piece: Trump and Vance sell their ‘America First’ doctrine as neutral on the domestic affairs of other countries yet they lecture South Africa on its treatment of Afrikaners—selective crusaders. newlinesmag.com/argument/the-a…

Academics: have you ever assigned a New Lines Magazine article, podcast episode, or video essay in a class? If so, which one(s) and what class(es)? Any and all details welcome! You can respond here, DM me, or e-mail [email protected] 🙏🏼

Like photography? Interested in Afghanistan? You can back / pre-order Joël van Houdt’s book here kickstarter.com/projects/joelv…

On Tuesday night I was barred from entering Georgia, my home for the last three years. Official reasons were given as “other,” but from the circumstances surrounding my departure in April it’s clear the refusal is in fact directly tied to my work covering the country as a

Congratulations to Gaby Galvin on winning the Migration Journalism Award for the European Press Prize with her piece “Growing up ‘non-Western’ in Denmark’s Nanny State” for New Lines Magazine. Check out her story here! newlinesmag.com/reportage/grow…

At yesterday's Istanbul peace talks, Ukraine handed Russia a list of kidnapped children it wants back. Re-upping our New Lines Magazine The Reckoning Project investigation on the disabled youths that Russia forcibly deported: newlinesmag.com/reportage/in-a…

“The first people to speak Afrikaans weren’t white… it came from the mouths of the enslaved, from brown people” Kwangu Liwewe unpacks Afrikaner identity’s contradictions and its meanings for the racially diverse South Africans who claim it, in New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/who-…

Breaking the ultimate Middle East taboo. "None of the states claiming the mantle of the eternal struggle and resistance against the Israeli enemy dared to bomb Tel Aviv in the last 35 years" My colleagues Kareem Shaheen & Rasha Elass break it down New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/argument/the-p…

Iran’s missile doctrine once reshaped Middle East warfare, relying on proxies, precision and deterrence. Now, under fire from Israeli airstrikes and racing to deploy solid-fuel tech, that strategy is being tested like never before. newlinesmag.com/reportage/how-…

Some good reporting on how South Asians feel about Mamdani from New Lines magazine, which would not surprise anyone who comes from a recent immigrant background. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

The Iranian media landscape is awash with propaganda from both Israel and the regime of the Islamic Republic. Yet amid this toxic atmosphere, an anti-war message is crystallizing, writes Nahid Siamdoust for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/argument/bomba…

If you read one thing about Iran and Israel today, have it be this New Lines Magazine essay on propaganda by Nahid Siamdoust. newlinesmag.com/argument/bomba…

Can't imagine how those who've been in/know people in Evin Prison must feel. To see the gates open is something they would've dreamt about. But opened under such circumstances, with no assurances of safety & nothing to say prisoners won't be further punished. This isn't justice.

Huge congrats, Lynzy Billing! Read the award-winning New Lines Magazine essay here: newlinesmag.com/first-person/r…

Roman pots may be more glamorous than filing cabinets of admin papers, which record the basic facts to understand a society. In Gaza, Israel has now destroyed archives, part of historicide, destruction of history itself, argues Lydia Wilson in New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/essays/histori…

Five years ago today, Hong Kong passed the National Security Law. Re-upping this powerful piece by Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Sharon Yam (任萃言), who argue that it was neither the beginning nor the end of repression. In New Lines Magazine: newlinesmag.com/argument/sayin…

Israel’s bombings have shaken Tehran, upended its balance and killed hundreds of civilians. The sociologist Asef Bayat reflects on his hometown and its people’s spirit of care, resilience and quiet determination to carry on, for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/first-person/t…

Transactional arranged marriages between Chinese men and impoverished Pakistani Christian women have been attracting government scrutiny, but their nature and legality can be hard to determine, reports @betsyjoles for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

Ukraine is the biggest loser from the dismantling of USAID in absolute terms.@jimmysecukembeds with a team of volunteers evacuating their fellow civilians from the front lines. They lost most of their funding overnight. In New Lines Magazine: newlinesmag.com/spotlight/cutt…