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My latest for New Lines Magazine: Alireza Doroudi, a former Ph.D. student at the University of Alabama, is now on a flight that will touch down at the Tehran airport shortly. I report on a self-deportation, shattered dreams, undue sufferings, and a love story. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/caug…

Big Oil Is Fueling a Rise in Cancer in Iraq’s Basra Margaux Seigneur reports for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/big-…

Reactions from both the left and the right to the recent murders of Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington and the attack in Boulder, Colorado, reveal a troubling ideological myopia, argues Alexander Reid Ross for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/argument/the-i…

Tis the season for this great Eid read about how "The Message" almost failed to get made and the long shadow it has cast on Libyan filmmaking. A New Lines Magazine classic. newlinesmag.com/first-person/h…

Coming on here to wish everyone a very happy Eid.

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My article today for New Lines Magazine about the war on international students: newlinesmag.com/argument/what-…

The Trump administration’s threats against international students represent the intersection of three lines of attack: a war on universities, a war on immigrants and a war on dissent. John K. Wilson examines this unprecedented assault for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/argument/what-…

The arrival of white South Africans as refugees in the U.S. ignited fierce debate over their claims of victimhood. 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-…

Similar patterns to the Hezbollah attack. This will likely be revealed as one of the largest operations in modern history. Well-protected sites, top regime officials and key scientists are being targeted. The culmination of decades of Israeli intelligence work inside Iran.

How states today deal with the sacred has little to do with how “secular” or “modern” they are. Nathan Brown takes a global view to explain how the rise of modern bureaucracy reshaped experiences of religion, for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/essays/how-the…

Missiles are still falling over Tehran and Tel Aviv. They have shattered long-standing taboos in the Middle East, write Kareem Shaheen and Rasha Elass for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/argument/the-p…

🌹Every spring in Syria, the ancient damask rose blooms. It has endured war, the Assad regime’s exploitation and now drought. An excellent piece by Paloma de Dinechin with stunning photos by Arthur Larie, for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/the-…

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-…

South Asian narratives that go beyond the typical tenor of 'desi visibility' are crucial & deserve attention. So thrilled that this piece for New Lines Magazine is doing well! No 2. on the website! 🥹 Much love to Hell Gate *subscribe today!* for their shoutout to it in this morning's newsletter✌️🫶

Thoughts from me on Israel’s campaign and why, in addition to degrading Iran’s nuclear program, it’s also designed to lower the threshold for U.S. intervention: newlinesmag.com/argument/the-f…

New piece by Michael Weiss: Israel’s attack on Iran is chipping away at Tehran’s nuclear program and lowering the threshold for American intervention New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/argument/the-f…