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Apr 15, 2015
The Arab Spring’s best legacy: Egyptians are now reading once-banned books
In his 25 years manning a stall at Cairo’s storied Ezbekiya book market, Ali El Shaer has often had to revise his stock. When local students favored socialist treatises, he bought Karl Marx by the…
Mar 7, 2015
EGYPTIAN RUINS
A year after its destruction, Cairo's Museum of Islamic Art is still a blown-out shell
Feb 19, 2015
Surrounded by Conflict, an Ancient Synagogue Crumbles in Iraq
Corruption and war threaten the site where biblical prophet Nahum is said to rest.
Jan 19, 2015
ISIL has forced the price of eggs in Syria up by 1,000%
AMUDA, SYRIA—Even in territory it doesn’t control, the Islamic State group, or ISIL, is making an awful nuisance of itself.
Not content with cutting a swath of terror through tracts of Syria…
Jan 19, 2015
The writing’s off the wall
The Arab Spring revitalised Egypt’s cultural scene. But now everyone is weary, broke and scared.
Jan 6, 2015
In support of Syria’s Kurds
Syrian Kurds are superb hosts. Between the frequent offers of steaming, overly sugared tea, to the feasts cobbled together at short notice, most will stop at nothing to smooth the stay of foreign guests.…
Jan 5, 2015
Winter's Cold Brings New Misery for Millions of Middle East Refugees
Refugees from the violence in Syria and Iraq are hunkered down in camps and half-finished buildings in hilly, windswept terrain.
Dec 25, 2014
In One Corner of Syria, Christmas Spirit Somehow Manages to Survive
Divided and drained by war, Syrian Christians are determined to celebrate for the first time in four years.
Dec 23, 2014
Plunging Oil Prices Hurt Iraqi Kurds' Bid for Independence
As oil prices fall, so do Kurdish hopes for an independent state in northern Iraq.