Around the World

"For a long time now I haven't been I."

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

When a Nation Collapses
South Sudan is a country that almost everybody shamefully forgets.
Antony LoewensteinJul 24, 2016
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Voyeur, Collector, Amateur Sleuth
Tom Lutz almost gets hitched in Swaziland.
Kristin Van TasselJul 21, 2016
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- Memoir & Essay
The Soul of a City: Berlin and Memory
In Berlin, contact with the ghosts of the past is a normal and ever-present feature of daily life.
N. S. MorrisJul 21, 2016
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Happy with Tears: On Melancholy as a Hungarian Condition
Nicky Loomis on "Melancholy" by László F. Földényi.
Nicky LoomisJul 20, 2016
A Journey Inside a Crucible of Violence in Central America
Óscar Martínez sheds light on the violence and corruption in Central America, resulting in an increase in immigrants to the United States.
Sara CamposJul 7, 2016
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- History
From Place to Place: Syrian Christians in Istanbul
Syrian refugees live a precarious existence in Istanbul.
Helen MackreathJun 10, 2016
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Language After the Fact: Rey Chow’s “Not Like a Native Speaker”
"Not Like a Native Speaker" ventures past the triumphant self-assertion of postcolonial language into more uncomfortable territory, the place of confession.
Nan Z. DaJun 2, 2016
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#iranelection: An Interview with Negar Mottahedeh on Protest, Play, and the 2009 Green Movement
"People were being witnesses. The were bearing witness in their Tweets, in their videos, in the pictures they were uploading to platforms like Flickr."
Ana MinaMay 28, 2016
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“Wake Up, I Tell You”: The Vibrant Afterlife of Irish Writer Máirtín Ó Cadhain
Máirtín Ó Cadhain is likely one of the great modern Irish writers you haven’t heard about.
Mark HarmanMay 27, 2016
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The Past, the Present, and the Bridge: Ali Dehbashi’s Bukhara Magazine
Can the nascent literary enthusiasts of Iran today be connected to the generations before them?
PedestrianMay 22, 2016
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Swaying in the Crosswind
The women’s movement in Palestine is hard to assess, not only because of ambiguous metrics, but because many other struggles so often overshadow it
Helen MackreathMay 8, 2016
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The Counterrevolution Will Be Televised: On the Current Crisis of Indian Universities
In India today, a powerful propagandist — commercial media — has replaced the state broadcasting apparatus. This is neoliberal politics, Indian style.
Arvind RajagopalMay 5, 2016

Around the World

"For a long time now I haven't been I."— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

"For a long time now I haven't been I."

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet