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Syrian Asylees in the US Risk Everything Going Home

Syrian Asylees in the US Risk Everything Going Home

U.S. asylees and refugees must consider the risks of visiting Syria against the lives they've established in the...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Rana Alsoufi
Forget Social Media—Government is the Real Threat to Freedom

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...

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 • By Stephen Rohde
Palestine and the Unspeakable

Palestine and the Unspeakable

Prefacing our special Palestine issue, senior editor Lina Mounzer attempts to express the horror that has become the...

OCTOBER 16, 2023 • By Lina Mounzer
Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—Sholeh Wolpé

Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—Sholeh Wolpé

In her memoir in verse, a poet recounts a day in the life at the cemetery, and a...

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 • By Sholeh Wolpé
September 11, 1973 and Ariel Dorfman’s The Suicide Museum

September 11, 1973 and Ariel Dorfman’s The Suicide Museum

The other 9/11: Francisco Letelier on Ariel Dorfman's latest novel in the context of his family's history in...

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 • By Francisco Letelier
STAMP ME—a monologue by Yussef El Guindi

STAMP ME—a monologue by Yussef El Guindi

Yussef El Guindi explores an anxious traveler's mind racing with thoughts of what to say as he faces...

JULY 2, 2023 • By Yussef El Guindi
Poet Mihaela Moscaliuc—a “Permanent Immigrant”

Poet Mihaela Moscaliuc—a “Permanent Immigrant”

Immigrant poet Mihaela Muscaliuc has wandered half her life, far afield from her native Romania, and is always...

FEBRUARY 5, 2023 • By Mihaela Moscaliuc
American Theocracy and Failed States

American Theocracy and Failed States

Ani Zonneveld, leader of a progressive Muslim organization, argues that the United States is sliding perilously toward theocracy.

JULY 15, 2022 • By Ani Zonneveld
The Promotion (a short story from Saudi Arabia)

The Promotion (a short story from Saudi Arabia)

What happens when an immigrant professor dresses to impress in a bid to land tenure at a Saudi...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By Claire Berlinski
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