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‘How Did This Man Think He Had the Right to Adopt This Baby?’

by Seyward Darby December 1, 2022December 1, 2022

“Army Rangers killed her parents. A Marine is raising her in America. But her Afghan family says she was taken under false pretenses.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Sweet and Sticky History of the Date

by Seyward Darby November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

“Throughout the Middle East, the versatile fruit has been revered since antiquity. How will it fare in a changing world?”

Posted inNonfiction

Following the North Star

by Shaheen Pasha May 1, 2020December 9, 2022

Shaheen Pasha explores how the trauma of a loved one’s incarceration unravels her carefully planned-out existence, and sets her on a new, unexpected path to find meaning in the meaningless.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

All that Was Innocent and Violent: Girlhood in Post-Revolution Iran

by Naz Riahi March 18, 2020December 16, 2022

Naz Riahi recalls her vibrant childhood in a suburb of Tehran, and considers how the harsh realities imposed by the still new Islamic Republic seeped into her family’s life.

Posted inBooks, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, History, Nonfiction, Story

I’ve Done a Lot of Forgetting

by Jordan Michael Smith May 31, 2019October 19, 2022

When I was a kid, I wanted my antisemitic tormentors to accept me. I wanted to be their friend.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

The Secrets We Keep

by Deena ElGenaidi November 5, 2018October 19, 2022

Deena ElGenaidi takes stock of the truths she and her Muslim family members hide from one another.

Posted inNonfiction

The Secrets We Keep

by Deena ElGenaidi November 5, 2018December 12, 2022

Deena ElGenaidi takes stock of the truths she and her Muslim family members hide from one another.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Imam’s Widow

by Sari Botton September 7, 2018October 19, 2022

As part of ProPublica’s “Documenting Hate” project, Rahima Nasa profiles the wife of a Queens imam who was murdered in 2016. Although there appeared to be no other possible motive, prosecutors failed to try the case as the hate crime it likely was.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Silence is a Lonely Country: A Prayer in Twelve Parts

by Sari Botton July 13, 2018October 19, 2022

A personal essay in which poet Sadia Hassan reflects on finding her words in the face of injustice.

Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes

‘I Feel Closer to My Faith Than I Did Before’: Holding On to Ramadan

by Danielle Jackson May 17, 2018October 19, 2022

Poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib reflects on why he still fasts during Ramadan.

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