Nigeria: An Ephemeral Peace

July 22, 2013
By Alex Thurston A ceasefire between the Nigerian authorities and Boko Haram in early July brought short-lived hopes for...

Waiting for the Kingdom

June 12, 2013
By Miriam Kilimo "Adam and Eve turned their backs on Jehovah. Forsaking his Eden, they introduced a system that...

Venezuela's Personal Jesus

June 7, 2013
In the weeks following the death of Hugo Chávez, thousands of his supporters flocked to Caracas to view his...

Poison in the Sangha

May 31, 2013
As violence spreads amongst Burma's Buddhist majority and Muslim minority, Francis Wade meets U Wirathu, who calls himself the...

Angelina’s Shiny New Rack

May 28, 2013
Jolie’s preemptive strike against what might be called in manful terms a “clear and present danger” violates norms against...

Arakan, Deconstruction

May 16, 2013
Photographer Ryan Roco investigates the complex and multifaceted conflict that led to the current refugee crisis in Burma's Arakan...

Pakistan's Lost Vote

May 13, 2013
In Pakistan, polling is over and the votes have been counted but the voice of one group has not...

Daily Links: Today's Soap Box

April 25, 2013
What promised land? What medical ethics? What radical Muslims? What orphans? A quick guide to righteous media this week.

Secular Lebanon

April 22, 2013
From Beirut, Irina Papkova reports on an anti-sectarian movement for a more secular Lebanon, and a marriage that's...

Sonallah Ibrahim: Life in the Raw

April 16, 2013
Following the publication of a new translation of Sonallah Ibrahim's "That Smell," Maurice Chammah considers the book, and its...

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