Afghanistan

Refugees of Afghanistan in Iran: a Photo Essay by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

Refugees of Afghanistan in Iran: a Photo Essay by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

In Iran, Afghan refugees have been a part our everyday lives for over four decades now.

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Rahil Mohsin
The (Afghan) Writer Who Sold His Book Collection to Pay the Rent

The (Afghan) Writer Who Sold His Book Collection to Pay the Rent

Selling off your beloved book collection to pay the rent hurts, but it beats starving or being out...

13 DECEMBER 2021 • By weglot-editor
Refugees Detained in Thessonaliki’s Diavata Camp Await Asylum

Refugees Detained in Thessonaliki’s Diavata Camp Await Asylum

In which our columnist flies up to Thessaloniki and visits the Diavata camp for refugees seeking European asylum...

1 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Francisco Letelier
Guantánamo—The World’s Most Infamous Prison

Guantánamo—The World’s Most Infamous Prison

An excerpt from Sarah Mirk's graphic novel describes life in the infamous US prison in Cuba.

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Sarah Mirk
Attack the Empire and the Empire Strikes Back: What 20 Years of American Imperialism Has Wrought

Attack the Empire and the Empire Strikes Back: What 20 Years of American Imperialism Has Wrought

Omar El Akkad, author of American War and What Strange Paradise, looks at 20 years of blowback.

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Omar El Akkad
20 Years Ago This Month, 9/11 at Souk Ukaz

20 Years Ago This Month, 9/11 at Souk Ukaz

Hadani Ditmars The commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 unfolds in televisual real time and yet with...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Mohja Kahf
Afghanistan Falls to the Taliban

Afghanistan Falls to the Taliban

On the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, Hadani Ditmars remembers the treasures and the ruins of Afghanistan...

16 AUGUST 2021 • By Mohja Kahf
Women Comic Artists, from Afghanistan to Morocco

Women Comic Artists, from Afghanistan to Morocco

Anthropologist and comix author Sherine Hamdy provides a brief overview of new and recent Arab & Middle Eastern...

15 AUGUST 2021 • By Sherine Hamdy
ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

Jessica Proett reviews Salar Abdoh's empirical novel set during the days when ISIS was running loose across Iraq...

4 JULY 2021 • By Jessica Proett
Scroll to Top