Unearthing the Story: An Interview with Peter Hessler By Frank Bures Feature The New Yorker writer describes his career’s circuitous route, from his start as a struggling fiction writer to becoming a China correspondent, and now the author of a new book about the Arab Spring.
How the Not Knowing is the Hardest Part By Krista Stevens Highlight The last time she saw her husband, he was being interrogated by Syrian government officials.
“Discourse Is a Battleground” By Michelle Weber Highlight Yusaf Khalil interviews Syrian scholar Yasser Munif about the roots of the Syrian civil war and how the West is trying (and failing) to help.
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