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“Sixty Days,” a poem by Layla Faraj

“Sixty Days,” a poem by Layla Faraj

“today The Nation weeded / and counted us among / the invasive species”

By Layla Faraj | November 3, 2025

Ream Shukairy on Syria After Assad

Ream Shukairy on Syria After Assad

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 9, 2025

Fire, Earth, Spring: Unity and Resistance in the Lands of SWANA

Fire, Earth, Spring: Unity and Resistance in the Lands of SWANA

Sahar Delijani on the Legacies of the Arab Spring

By Sahar Delijani | January 23, 2024

Rape As a Weapon: A Tragedy Both Ancient and Modern

Rape As a Weapon: A Tragedy Both Ancient and Modern

Christina Lamb on the Widespread Practice of Sexual Violence During Wartime

By Christina Lamb | August 25, 2023

How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

Alfred J. Naddaff Spends 72 Hours in Zurich With the Chronicler of Modern Syria

By Alfred J. Naddaff | July 18, 2023

Amy Marie Spangler on loss, grief, and anger after the earthquake in Turkey.

Amy Marie Spangler on loss, grief, and anger after the earthquake in Turkey.

By Amy Marie Spangler | February 13, 2023

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Reminder: Books are actually good and make people feel better.

By Jonny Diamond | August 9, 2022

Crossing the Distance Between Fact and Truth in a Story About Love and Exile

By Yara Zgheib | January 4, 2022

Daniel Levin on the Hopelessness of Syria’s War Economy

By Keen On | June 3, 2021

In Saraqeb, Syria, the Horror of a Poison-Gas Attack, and a Race to Preserve the Evidence

In Saraqeb, Syria, the Horror of a Poison-Gas Attack, and a Race to Preserve the Evidence

Joby Warrick Documents the Savagery of Chemical Weapons

By Joby Warrick | February 25, 2021

Bloody Talismans: How an American Journalist Endured an al Qaeda Prison

Bloody Talismans: How an American Journalist Endured an al Qaeda Prison

Theo Padnos on Surviving Captivity, Torture, and Terror in Syria

By Theo Padnos | February 17, 2021

Discovering The Power of Books During the Syrian Revolution

Discovering The Power of Books During the Syrian Revolution

Delphine Minoui on Reading as Refuge

By Delphine Minoui | December 3, 2020

On the Tragedy of Syria and Journalism's Other Crisis of Truth

On the Tragedy of Syria and Journalism's Other Crisis of Truth

Clarissa Ward in Conversation with Andrew Keen on
the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | September 25, 2020

War, Anonymity, and the Dangerous Line Between Truth and Fiction

War, Anonymity, and the Dangerous Line Between Truth and Fiction

Eva Nour on the Writer's View of the Syrian Regime

By Eva Nour | September 14, 2020

Filmmaker Sara Fattahi on Bringing a Woman's<br> Perspective of War

Filmmaker Sara Fattahi on Bringing a Woman's
Perspective of War

In Conversation with Pamela Cohn

By Pamela Cohn | June 29, 2020

Syria's Doomed Struggle for Independence After WWI

Syria's Doomed Struggle for Independence After WWI

Elizabeth F. Thompson on a Diplomatic Ruse That Transformed the Middle East

By Elizabeth F. Thompson | April 24, 2020

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