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Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic; Atef Safadi / … Netanyahu’s Betrayal of Democracy Is a Betrayal of Israel
Decency and reason can still prevail, but more than ever Israel needs its Jewish friends abroad.
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Getty The Israeli Government Goes Extreme Right
The country’s longest-serving prime minister is returning to power—and bringing radicalism with him.
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Fabrice Coffrini / Getty Qatar Won
For its hosts, this World Cup has already delivered on its PR potential.
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Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto / Getty You Can’t Reform the Morality Police
Why half measures are a trap
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Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto / Getty The Real Reason Iran Says It’s Canceling the Morality Police
Don’t be fooled that this is meaningful reform. It’s about regime self-preservation.
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Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times / Getty The Next Afghan-Refugee Crisis Is Right Here in the U.S.
Without congressional action, the tens of thousands of Afghans we evacuated to the United States may be deported in the coming year.
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Getty; The Atlantic Why Saudi Arabia Is So Quiet About Iran’s Protests
The kingdom’s rulers may have managed their own social pressures better, but they’re wary of the tumult that’s shaking their neighbor.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Thanksgiving After Fleeing the Taliban
The Afghan journalist Bushra Seddique on America, gratitude, and fried turkey
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Cole Wilson / The New York Times / … Who’s Afraid of Masih Alinejad?
The journalist and activist is caught between a regime that hates her and a diaspora whose elite isn’t eager to give her credit for anything.
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Marcus Yam / Getty Who Leaves, Who Stays
What happened when one Afghan family was forced to make a life-altering decision with no time to think
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Nava Jamshidi / Getty What Afghans Want the Rest of the World to Know
The country is, once again, the worst place in the world to be a woman.
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty The Reason Iran Turned Out to Be So Repressive
Shiite clerics in earlier centuries could never have imagined so intrusive a system.
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Fatemeh Bahrami / Anadolu Agency / Getty A Whole Generation Revolts Against the Iranian Regime
From Baghdad to Beirut, Tehran’s opponents are exploring the possibility that a wave of protests might help weaken Iran’s grip on their own countries.
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AFP / Getty In Iran, Raw Fury Is in the Air
If the demonstrations have one theme, it seems to be sheer hatred of the regime.
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Stringer / Anadolu Agency / Getty ‘I Think the Women Are Winning’
Are protests over Mahsa Amini’s death heralding a new Iranian revolution?
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AP; Getty; Reuters; Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic The Bonfire of the Headscarves
For Iran’s protesters, the fight for women’s freedom of choice is now synonymous with a desire to end the rule of the ayatollahs.
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Hossein Fatemi / Panos / Redux The New Kabul
One year since the Taliban took over, life in Afghanistan’s capital is a painful reminder of all that was lost when American troops suddenly left the country last year.
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Khalid Mohammed / AP The Most Stinging Resignation Letter Ever Written
When Iraq’s finance minister stepped down last month, he didn’t go quietly.
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Kristian Bocsi / Bloomberg / Getty The Man Who Could End the Netanyahu Era
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid sees a global battle between centrists and extremists.
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The Atlantic Iran’s Knucklehead Assassination Strategy
Three recent incidents suggest that Iran is ready for another round with the United States, this time with new, more amateurish tactics.
