“The excavations [of Dura Europos] done by the Yale team in the early part of the twentieth century likely saved these priceless pieces of religious and cultural history from the merciless destruction of the Islamic State. But they did so at a price—removing these pieces from their homeland and rehoming them in the basement of a Western university.”
“If you agree to marry me, I’ll treat you like a queen.” Amanda Vosburgh breaks down the social media tactics of the Islamic State’s campaign to recruit Western women.
Why did Netanyahu spurn Labor and take a sharp turn to the right? And what should expect from the new Israeli Defense Minister? Adrian Rivera breaks it down for us.
Amid a bloody civil war in Syria, it’s a race against time to protect Syria’s cultural treasures from the hands of ISIS.
In the aftermath of the Syrian Civil War, Syrian refugees are hoping to find safety in Turkey. How will Turkish nationalism affect their chances?
Cassandra Lignelli explores how humanitarian aid has changed in today’s new style of warfare in Issue IV’s cover story.
At a time when Libya has become a failed state, Syria has become a humanitarian catastrophe, and Yemen has become a foreign powers’ battleground, Tunisia serves as a welcome relief. Today, Tunisia, the pioneer of the grandiose Arab Spring, is…
In front of the busy Al-Jalafi Mosque in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a short, pixelated cellphone video captures the graphic scene of a man being mercilessly flogged in front of hundreds of onlookers. A policeman shouts at the crowd that no…
