ISIS – The Battleground

Joel Schalit / 03 Feb 2021

Between the Middle East and Europe

No Escape From War

Security wouldn’t let them through. “Please, please,” the mother entreated the officer in Hebrew. “I need to get my daughter to the bathroom.” Her pleas fell on deaf ears.(...)

Politics

Joel Schalit / 20 May 2020

The Varieties of Banking Experience

Religion and Nationality in Germany

"We don't give accounts to Israelis." The last stage in completing the paperwork for an online bank account, I'd just submitted my passport for review.(...)

From Brussels with love. Maelbeek metro, memorial wall.

Photo Essays

Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 25 Mar 2020

Remembering the Brussels Attacks

Molenbeek and Diversity

Four years ago extremism came to Brussels. It exploded in the airport and metro, and in our hearts. Although we knew it could happen here, we didn't expect it. (...)

Interviews

John Foster / 17 Jan 2020

Playing for the Troops

Adrestia on Rojava

As far as band names go, Adrestia couldn't be better. The goddess of revolt in Greek mythology, it's astonishing no one used it until now. Leave it to a political punk group from Sweden, with a fondness for vintage death metal, to seize the day.(...)

Remember me? ISIS leader Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi, in Turin.

Politics

Joel Schalit / 13 Jan 2020

Two Scalps Are Better Than One

America and Islam

Nobody remembers al-Baghdadi. The head of ISIS, who was killed by American commandos in a nighttime raid in Syria, in October, was nowhere to be found.(...)

Politics

Mitchell Plitnick / 17 Jun 2019

Trump Against Iran

Europe in Crisis

The image of an oil tanker burning in the Gulf of Oman is a stern warning of the potential for war in the Middle East, as tensions continue to rise between the United States and Iran.(...)

Between the Middle East and Europe

The Varieties of Banking Experience

Remembering the Brussels Attacks

Playing for the Troops

Two Scalps Are Better Than One

Trump Against Iran

Europe and Beyond