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Back in March me and @MichaelDWeiss argued that Europe purchasing U.S. weapons for Ukraine was one way to keep Kyiv supplied in the absence of more concrete U.S. support. A near identical policy was announced in D.C. today. newlinesmag.com/argument/can-e…

Use of home-brewed Viagra dupes is on the rise among men and boys in Nigeria. @tillyofourtime explores the psychology of performance potions and the side effects that lead to unhappy endings, for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

In post-Assad Syria, the country’s Druze community is grappling with Israeli encroachment and the power dynamics in Damascus, as well as the rise of anti-government militants, reports Ryan Biller for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/syri…

100 years after his birth, Frantz Fanon is mostly remembered as the voice of Algeria’s independence movement, but @phineasjfr explores how his experience as a psychiatrist at a run-down asylum in France shaped his radical ideas, for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-rad…

Mon exploration de la scène musicale arabe à Paris qui est devenue un espace vital de débats et de solidarité : à lire dans New Lines Magazine

NEW: Despite a poor showing at the Club World Cup, African soccer may be on the cusp of emerging from Europe’s shadow, boosted by management reforms, returning diaspora stars and Morocco’s example, Fábio da Graça reports for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/afri…

NEW: Forty years after the Cradock Four were murdered in apartheid-era South Africa, their families still await justice. For New Lines Magazine, Nick Alexandra investigates the systematic failures that have seen political killings go unpunished. newlinesmag.com/reportage/wait…

"Fear has begotten fear, and vendettas are growing out of vendettas. No one knows who started it, and no one seems to know how it will end" Last month I reported on simmering violence in #sweida between #Bedouin and #Druze for New Lines Magazine, which has since erupted in recent days

Despite a poor showing at the Club World Cup, African soccer may be on the cusp of emerging from Europe’s shadow, boosted by management reforms, returning diaspora stars and Morocco’s example, Fábio da Graça reports for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/afri…

In New Lines Magazine first:

This prescient piece we published last month by Cian Ward is super important: In Syria’s Sweida, a fragile peace between Druze and Bedouin communities is unraveling, fueled by mistrust, vendettas and a dangerous security vacuum New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in-s…

South Africa has cultivated an aura of moral authority, but that image obscures a darker truth, for the state has systematically failed to pursue the justice that was promised in hundreds of cases of political murder and torture committed by the apartheid regime. ⤵️

South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is often cited as a model in transitional justice circles, but unresolved issues remain alive decades later. An important story for Syria and many other countries newlinesmag.com/reportage/wait…

Syria’s Druze have been targeted in violent attacks that Israel is exploiting to pursue its goals in the region. Santiago Montag and Omar Hamed Beato report from the ground on the experiences and fears of a community divided and under pressure. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/syri…

A traditional Indian dance troupe performing in front of the nation's largest Confederate memorial. That's just one of many vignettes from my New Lines Magazine piece explaining how Georgia could very well represent the country's future. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

In Georgia “it’s not unusual to see a Confederate flag on a pickup truck next to an electric car with a Harris sticker. The governor is an anti-abortion Christian Republican, while both senators are liberal Democrats — one a Jewish millennial and the other a Black preacher.” ⤵️

⚽⚽ As reforms take hold, diaspora players return and Morocco sets the pace, Africa has a historic chance to turn its talent into global success — if federations don’t waste it newlinesmag.com/spotlight/afri…

A Syrian refugee and a German pianist meet by chance in Hamburg. The result? Shkoon, a band redefining exile through trance-like, folkloric Arab techno. Their new EP, “Greater Than One,” is a sonic balm, writes Mary Fawzy for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/shko…

In Lebanon's Druze mountains, belief in reincarnation intertwines with the trauma of the country’s civil war, which began 50 years ago. Madeline Edwards writes about memory, loss and rebirth for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/rein…

Use of home-brewed Viagra dupes is on the rise among men and boys in Nigeria. @tillyofourtime explores the psychology of performance potions and the side effects that lead to unhappy endings, for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…