The exhibition "Facing History: Shirin Neshat" provokes a more complex conversation about Iran and the United States than has been possible in decades past....

Hirsi Ali is not a dissident — she effectively deploys her past for maximum gain in the divisive political realities of her present....

Why am I told that by opposing the free speech award, I fail to prove myself as the "good" Muslim, vocally secular and eager to clap hard for Charlie Hebdo?...