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A skyscraper damaged by an Iranian drone strike in Bahrain’s capital, Manama, March 10, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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'Style Guide,' a Poem by Adam Makary
Say clash, say escalation, say cycle of violence / even if one side owned all the sky.
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'Ritaj Rihan,' a Poem by Vaheed Ramazani
She went on her own two feet / and she came back to me on a stretcher.
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Hamid Khalafallah Refused Selective Outrage
On the life and work of a young Sudanese scholar who never stopped demanding attention for his people.
By Dilek Çelebi
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Part travelogue, part global news brief, Hidden Cities is a magazine that illuminates the world. Founded and edited by Frederick Deknatel.
Researching militaries, security services, and counterrevolutions.
> Author: About This Man Called Ali; This Arab Life, A Generation’s Journey Into Silence. Blogger: This Arab Life. Senior Strategy Adviser Ruwwad al Tanmeyah, a region-wide community development initiative that spans Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon.
We're a nonprofit news source, sharing the knowledge of researchers, scientists and scholars.
I am a Non-Resident Scholar at AGSIW (Washington, DC) and Adjunct Professor at Columbia GSAPP. Author of *Riyadh*, *Temporary Cities*, *Dubai*, and *Arab Modernism(s)*, with *My Cairo* forthcoming.
Intermittently writing, hiking, or balcony gardening. Alive in Jerusalem. Formerly B'Tselem, ACRI, Jerusalem Open House. Once upon a time Center for Astrophysics.
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