The Emotional Fog of War podcast, by🎙️Faisal Al Yafai from New Lines Magazine with former CNN correspondent & #MCJN mentor Arwa Damon, was shortlisted by Shorty Awards for the ''Best News & Politics Podcast''.

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Amid a wave of protests on American university campuses against U.S. backing for Israel, a group of Yale students went on hunger strike.

One of them wrote about the rationale behind the radical move for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/a-ya…

#EnforcedDisappearances

Last year #lka discovered yet another #massgrave . This brought up the count to 33 graves island wide, that could potentially answer the question: what happened to those who disappeared?

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Sri Lanka’s Uncomfortable Relationship With Its Disappeared

Over three decades, more than 30 mass graves have been found, but answers to many questions remain elusive

Reports Kris Thomas for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/argument/sri-l…

More than 30 mass graves have been found in Sri Lanka, believed to be of those who disappeared during the civil war and communist rebellions. But efforts to uncover the truth are obstructed by the authorities, writes Kris Thomas for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/argument/sri-l…

'The vast majority of Israeli Jews ... do support the war. People whose values are on the liberal spectrum simultaneously believe that the war is necessary while they're also not quite comfortable with what's going on in Gaza.'

Lisa Goldman takes listeners on the ground in Israel.

Many Pamiris fleeing Tajikistan have found an unlikely home in Poland, bolstered by the broader Tajik opposition movement that took up residence there years before, reports Michał Kranz. newlinesmag.com/reportage/pola…

I highly recommend listening to this podcast. Kwangu Liwewe speaks with the journalist and editor Lisa Goldman about her recent reporting trip to Israel/Palestine. It's full of insights, compassion, nuance, and (despite the grim situation) even humor. newlinesmag.com/podcast/living…

Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” and Shidyaq’s “Leg Over Leg” were both published in 1855, one in English and the other in Arabic. Through their common concerns, both helped pave the way for modernism, writes Lydia Wilson for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/essays/how-two…

Iranians in both Iran and the diaspora are reckoning with the failures of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement and the regime’s persistence. A lack of organized political opposition is to blame, argues Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی. newlinesmag.com/argument/the-f…

The fascinating, forgotten story of how the “Indian opening” in chess got its name involves a British player, practicing as a barrister in 1840s Calcutta, eager to be challenged by a strong local player, writes Sushovan Sircar for New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/essays/chess-m…

In northern Portugal, rural communities are resisting lithium mining projects encouraged by the EU’s “green transition” that could damage their unique lands for generations. Marta Vidal reports, with photos by Diana Takacsova. newlinesmag.com/reportage/in-p…

“I have a lot to think about in terms of how humans normalize the abnormal, how they live without hope, and how easily people can ignore extreme cruelty and violence.” New Lines Magazine’s Lisa Goldman discusses her recent reporting trip to Israel, with Kwangu Liwewe. newlinesmag.com/podcast/living…

NEW: The remarkable works of the polymath Abu Rayhan al-Biruni were shaped by the turbulent politics of medieval Central Asia and, especially, the captured Indian Brahmins with whom he studied. James Montgomery & Lydia Wilson explore his life in New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/essays/how-the…

' Maintaining neutrality was my only way through... listening without prejudice was a challenge beyond words,' my colleague Lisa Goldman reflects on her recent reporting trip to Israel on Global Insights New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/podcast/living…

Al-Biruni was my gateway drug to the incredibly rich world of medieval Islamic philosophy, and here's an essay I wrote with James Montgomery on this extraordinary human, living in extraordinary times, for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/essays/how-the…

Latest New Lines Magazine print issue just arrived.

Excited to read everything in it, not least Lydia Wilson's dispatch from Saudi Arabia on newly-unearthed Neolithic remains.

“What I saw in Israel, and also in Palestine, was a sense of fatalism. Everybody I spoke to seemed to be in a terrible state of nervous agitation.”

Lisa Goldman breaks down her recent reporting trip to Israel with Kwangu Liwewe on Global Insights podcast 🎤

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When his patron captured Indian Brahmins, Abu Rayhan al-Biruni saw the chance to study a living link to a lost Greek civilization

On his remarkable works and the politics of medieval Central Asia, by James Montgomery and Lydia Wilson in New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/essays/how-the…