What Would Reconstruction Really Mean in Syria?
The Syrian War will eventually end. But the physical damage will last....
The Syrian War will eventually end. But the physical damage will last....
Frederick Deknatel reports on the disastrous impact of Saudi intervention on Yemen’s cultural heritage....
Frederick Deknatel reviews “The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria” by Marwa al-Sabouni....
THE FIFTEEN BRANCHES of Syria's intelligence apparatus, the mukhabarat, count some 50,000 to 70,000 full-time officers, along with hundreds of thousands of part-time personnel and informers. By 2011 it was estimated there was one intelligence officer for every 240 ...
WRITING IN THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS in 2008, Max Rodenbeck, the Economist’s Middle East correspondent, called veteran Washington Post reporter Robin Wright’s Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East “in many ways [&...
Cairo is a city often captured by stereotype: its unruly traffic, pollution, slums, decay, and general chaos, framed as an insult to the Pharaohs....
Because riot police aimed their firearms at protesters’ faces, over 80 Egyptians lost one of their eyes....