February 13, 2012 /
Newsweek
Ty McCormick
The Egyptian Revolution encouraged a new era of free expression, but with Islamists gaining power in recent elections, many artists fear that censorship may soon return.
February 10, 2012 /
The Atlantic
Yochi Dreazen
Iraq's minister of tourism and antiquities wants you to take a post-war vacation, where you can see ancient monasteries and Saddam's old palaces.
February 7, 2012 /
The San Francisco Chronicle
Ty McCormick
If the Egyptian revolution had a soundtrack, it would be a hip hop album with a rap anthem.
February 3, 2012 /
National Journal
Yochi Dreazen
The United Arab Emirates, a tiny oil-rich sheikdom across the Persian Gulf from Iran, will soon be the first Arab country to build a nuclear reactor. Who will be second?
January 30, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Joe Bavier
After bombing the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, Boko Haram has gone from being a local nuisance to an international threat.
January 27, 2012 /
National Journal
Yochi Dreazen
Why didn't the Arab Spring spread to the United Arab Emirates? Simple answer: Life is good.
January 26, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Susana Seijas, Dominic Bracco II
With at least 48,000 casualties in the last five years, the drug war in Mexico has resulted in widespread desensitization to the violence that permeates daily life.
January 19, 2012 /
Boston Review
Shaheen Buneri
The Taliban’s opponents in Pakistan-Afghanistan border region are fighting back using the arts that religious fundamentalists seek to destroy—poems adapted to traditional Pashto music.
January 17, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Joe Bavier, Bénédicte Kurzen
Veteran Africa correspondent Joe Bavier explains Boko Haram, the Nigerian terror group responsible for the Christmas Day church bombings.
January 10, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Selay Marius Kouassi
As Ivory Coast struggles to come to terms with last year's post-election conflict, some are using water as a means of unifying and reconciling divided communities.