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23 May, 2025 • Malu Halasa

23 Hours Inside State Dept. Press Briefings on the Gaza Genocide

The curator of the "Art of the Palestinian Poster" exhibition interviews two documentarians on their film "A Bunch of Questions With No Answers."

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6 September, 2024 • Stephen Rohde

Forget Social Media—Government is the Real Threat to Freedom

The most dangerous gatekeepers aren’t social media platforms, but local, state and federal governments dictating what we can read and say.

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1 October, 2023 • Moustafa Bayoumi

The Vanishing of the Public Intellectual

Public intellectuals no longer exist, argues Moustafa Bayoumi; they have been usurped by "influencers."

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17 April, 2023 • Seta Kabranian-Melkonian

Artsakh and the Truth About the Legend of Monte Melkonian

Seta Kabranian-Melkonian, author and widow of the late Monte “Avo” Melkonian, commander of the Artsakh War for Independence, recounts the tale.

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3 October, 2022 • Ghazi Gheblawi

A London Murder Mystery Leads to Jihadis and Syria

Ghazi Gheblawi reviews "The Darkness Inside," a literary thriller set in the world of social media and foreign wars.

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15 March, 2022 • Malu Halasa

No Sex Please, We’re Syrian: on Syrian Sexual Humor During War

A frank look at the changing social attitudes toward sexuality in war-torn Syria.

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