Fiction has enabled authors to advance daring critiques of the kingdom’s social and political order. […]
Saudi Arabia’s imagined worlds
Mother Jones: Karina Piser on food-insecure families losing funding
An important resource in fighting child hunger is set expire, leaving millions of children without funds for food. […]
Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Israel’s crisis at home
International peace deals will not help Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu control the fires burning at home. […]
WNYC: Karina Piser on Brooklyn’s battle
Following on the heels of Queens’ epic struggle with Amazon, another New York City borough is waging war on grand-scale development. […]
In India, another step away from secularism
Construction of a Hindu temple provides Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationalist BJP a ‘mission accomplished’ moment. […]
The American Prospect: Jonathan Guyer on a cartoon’s potency
The unpopularity of the Emirati-Israel accord in the Arab world can’t be papered over. […]
TIME: Malia Politzer on what makes extremists tick
Studies into what motivates people to become violent—and how to prevent them from becoming violent in the first place, are not without their own danger. […]
The end of the clumsy autocrat?
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko learned the hard way that rigging an election may be passé. ICWA’s managing editor asks if others will heed his example. […]
Hitler’s birthplace exposes tensions in Austria
There’s no easy solution for the yellow house in the town of Braunau. […]
THE CABLE PODCAST: Revolution in Belarus
A discussion with Vlad Kobets, David Kramer and Franak Viacorka. […]