The Problem With “Jihad, Rehab” Isn’t Filmmaker Meg Smaker’s Color or Religion The Problem With “Jihad, Rehab” Isn’t Filmmaker Meg Smaker’s Color or Religion
The idea that a white woman cannot make a film about non-white men is absurd. But as “Meg,” the film’s narrator, her voice is the voice of the cop.
Nov 7, 2022 / Moustafa Bayoumi
Biden’s Embarrassing Saudi Failure Biden’s Embarrassing Saudi Failure
The latest diplomatic fiasco underlines America’s continuing vulnerability to interference from oil-rich autocracies.
Oct 28, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Prophecy Foretold Prophecy Foretold
A war between Iran and the Islamic Republic.
What We Should Have Learned From the War on Terror What We Should Have Learned From the War on Terror
And what it can teach us about the future of the crisis in Ukraine.
Oct 21, 2022 / Karen J. Greenberg
Letters From the October 31/November 7, 2022, Issue Letters From the October 31/November 7, 2022, Issue
Principled jurisprudence… Accountability for Ghouta…
Oct 18, 2022 / Our Readers
The Saudi Regime Isn’t Afraid of Joe Biden The Saudi Regime Isn’t Afraid of Joe Biden
Despite widespread disgust at Saudi perfidy, odds are that crackpot realism will once again trump human rights—or even the national interest.
Oct 17, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Iran’s Brutal Crackdown on “Women, Life, Freedom” Iran’s Brutal Crackdown on “Women, Life, Freedom”
Women across Iran have bravely taken to the streets to demand liberation from state repression and justice for Jîna Emînî, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman murdered by the “morality pol...
Sep 28, 2022 / Azadeh Shahshahani and Yosi Badie
We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing
The 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee has been welcomed in New York and around the world. Real refugees? Not so much.
Sep 28, 2022 / Helen Benedict
Letters From the October 3/10, 2022, Issue Letters From the October 3/10, 2022, Issue
One-state reality… Documenting January 6… Leaving water for migrants…
Sep 20, 2022 / Our Readers
Everybody Has a Price: Ari Fleischer, the LIV Golf Tour, and the House of Saud Everybody Has a Price: Ari Fleischer, the LIV Golf Tour, and the House of Saud
The launch of Saudi Arabia’s LIV golf tour was a public relations disaster. So the Saudis hired someone with firsthand knowledge of PR disasters: Ari Fleischer.
Sep 13, 2022 / Dave Zirin