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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...

4 JULY 2025 • By Rana Alsoufi
The Markaz Review Interview—Ayad Akhtar

The Markaz Review Interview—Ayad Akhtar

A Pultizer winner for his play "Disgraced," Ayad Akhtar is the current President of PEN America and author...

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
America’s Freedom Hinges on the Survival of its Democracy

America’s Freedom Hinges on the Survival of its Democracy

I. Rida Mahmood calls out the double standards of Republicans and Supreme Court conservatives who argued that no...

3 JANUARY 2022 • By Maece Seirafi
The US Democracy Crisis is a Media Crisis and the Mainstream Press is Losing

The US Democracy Crisis is a Media Crisis and the Mainstream Press is Losing

Columnist Lorraine Ali remembers 2021 as the year of the January 6 insurrection, the Covid-19 pandemic and the...

27 DECEMBER 2021 • By Jenny Pollak
On American Democracy and Empire, a Corrective

On American Democracy and Empire, a Corrective

The MAGA movement is not a cause but a consequence of GOP policies, and its instantaneous vanishing with...

14 JANUARY 2021 • By Maece Seirafi
Dear Neighbors With the Trump/Pence Sign

Dear Neighbors With the Trump/Pence Sign

Novelist and poet Laila Halaby reconciles herself with the neighborhood.

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By Laila Halaby
How Are You Feeling? Have the Trump Years Been Good to You?

How Are You Feeling? Have the Trump Years Been Good to You?

We asked Arab and Iranian Americans how they view the Trump years and which way folks are voting.

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By
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