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A Lost Future for the Middle East

Religious pluralism was a possibility after the Ottoman Empire. European colonialism changed that.
Ussama Makdisi
October 22, 2024
Folio

Facing America’s Social Crisis

The United States is at a turning point in economic policy. What happens next is crucial.
Nicholas Mulder
October 22, 2024
Essays

In Search of Zabihollah Mansouri

Was Iran’s most famous translator secretly its most prolific author?
Amir Ahmadi Arian
December 10, 2024
The Moment

Memecoins, Monologues, and Sharpies

A diary of Trump’s inauguration week
James Surowiecki
January 24, 2025
The Moment

Reading During a Genocide

What Etel Adnan's novel taught me
Isabella Hammad
March 11, 2025
Essays

A Unified Theory of the Handbag

Was an accessory the secret to evolution?
Audrey Wollen
March 11, 2025
Black and white photograph of lecture hall desks in a semi-circle
The Moment

A View from Here

Trump's attacks on higher education and the work of a little magazine
Meghan O’Rourke
April 23, 2025
Objects of Desire

Salomé

I gave my daughter the name my mother wanted—but who was her namesake?
Colombe Schneck
June 9, 2025
From the Archives

Social Issues Before the Supreme Court

Felix Frankfurter
March 1, 1933
From the Archives

Genet’s “Prisoner of Love”: The Evolution of a Muslim Saint

Edmund White
January 1, 2012