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Can Palestinian Lives Matter?
George Floyd’s death penetrated the American imagination. Now Palestinians fight for the right to be human. Will the world see them?
Sarah Aziza
Sarah Aziza splits her time between New York City and the Middle East, covering foreign affairs, gender, human rights, and the arts. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Washington Post, and The Nation, among other outlets. She is currently working on a book.
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After the Beirut Explosion, Lebanon’s Women-Led Civil Society Is Building on the Edge of Despair
Last year’s protests were beaten back. Then came the pandemic and, finally, one of the largest nonnuclear explosions in human history.
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New Arab Pro-Democracy Group Founded by Jamal Khashoggi Faces an Uphill Battle in D.C.
Reaction to the launch of a new human rights groups shows how Saudi Arabia’s network of funding and influence will protects its interests.
A Syrian Mother's Letter to Her Daughter, "For Sama" Shows War in an Unusually Intimate Light
Filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab wanted to document the war so her newborn child could “understand what we were fighting for.”
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U.N. Concludes That Saudi Arabia Needs to Be Held Accountable for Khashoggi. Here’s Why That Won’t Happen.
As long as the U.S. stands firmly by Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom won’t face justice — or restrain itself.
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Trump’s Veto on Yemen War Is a Sign That the Strongmen in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia Are Winning
The veto, for all its cynical implications about the state of U.S. foreign policy, should also concern Americans at home.
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Mohammed bin Salman Is Running Saudi Arabia Like a Man Who Got Away With Murder
The Saudi monarch is pursuing Hollywood stars for the country’s “Year of Entertainment,” while women activists are being tortured behind bars.
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Don't Lose Sight of the Real Stakes: Jamal Khashoggi's Murder Is About Repression of Free Speech in the Middle East
The Saudi government's targeting of Khashoggi is a particularly brutal example of the vicious and systemic suppression of free speech in the Middle East.
The 2018 Midterm Cycle Could Be the Most Islamophobic U.S. Election Ever
Donald Trump has ushered in an era of pervasive Islamophobia in American politics.
Making a Killing
Jamal Khashoggi Wasn’t the First — Saudi Arabia Has Been Going After Dissidents Abroad for Decades
“The case of Jamal Khashoggi, unfortunately, is only the tip of the iceberg."