NEW: The student protesters who toppled the Bangladeshi government chose Muhammad Yunus, “banker to the poor” and Nobel Peace Prize winner, to lead the country’s transitional government. Munir Quddus explores his life and work for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

Muhammad Yunus, who we all know as the Nobel Laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank, is now leading the transitional government in #Bangladesh. Read this profile by Munir Quddus to know why he had became a pariah in the country. New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

The Development Economist Leading Bangladesh’s Transitional Government Muhammad Yunus, ‘banker to the poor’ and Nobel Peace Prize winner, takes the reins at a turning point in his country’s history Munir Quddus explores his life and work for New Lines Magazine: newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

Since the onset of Hezbollah’s battles with Israel in southern Lebanon last October, hundreds of the party’s fighters have been reported killed. Dalal Mawadدلال معوض spoke to fighters’ mothers about what they have lost, for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/hezb…

Last year’s military coup in Niger changed the country’s trajectory and rocked African geopolitics. After 60 years as a strategic Western partner, political and economic alliances were shattered in a week, and now the newly installed junta has found a friend in Russia. ⤵️

“Chidimma was presumed to be an illegal immigrant and not South African enough to be Miss South Africa because she is Black and of African descent.”  newlinesmag.com/reportage/what…

Yoav Di-Capua, author of the fascinating book No Exit: Arab Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Decolonization, reviews my New Lines Magazine colleague Alex Rowell's fascinating book We Are Your Soldiers: How Gamal Abd al-Nasser Remade the Arab World tarb.co.il/he-was-the-fut…

Since the onset of Hezbollah’s battles with Israel in southern Lebanon last October, hundreds of the party’s fighters have been reported killed. Dalal Mawadدلال معوض spoke to fighters’ mothers about what they have lost, for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/hezb…

“There’s a shift, but I think what everyone sort of agrees on is that Harris has not actually lived up to the hopefulness of the moment in that she hasn’t offered any changes from Biden’s policy on Gaza.” newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-ba…

A novel form of intelligence, so to speak: FICINT, or speculative "fiction intelligence", is shaping strategic planning for war in the U.S. and beyond, reports Asmaa El Gammal أسماء الجمّال for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

My latest for New Lines Magazine on speculative fiction, intelligence, and the future of war

On the new episode of our podcast, On the Nose, editor-in-chief Arielle Angel speaks with Ben Lorber and Shane Burley בד about recent antisemitic trends online—and navigating difficult conversations about antisemitism. jewishcurrents.org/talking-about-…

Editor's pick: The student protesters who toppled the Bangladeshi government chose Muhammad Yunus, “banker to the poor” and Nobel Peace Prize winner, to lead the country’s transitional government. Munir Quddus explores his life and work for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

This is the most thoughtful, honest and strategic conversation on the topic of antisemitism that I have heard in a good long while. Highly recommend. The book that prompted it - "Safety Through Solidarity" by Shane Burley בד and Ben Lorber - is also dynamite.

After visiting Cairo’s animal shelters, Mostafa Abdel Aty decided to spread awareness about strays. Today, his Meow Tours appeal to the tender-hearted, bringing furry creatures and humans together, writes Hannah El-Hitami for New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/reportage/gett…

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti is known as Nigeria's first female driver and the mother of the Afrobeat artist Fela Kuti, yet her legacy in advancing women's rights is far greater. Line Talla ✨ explores her influence in this fascinating essay for New Lines Magazine ⤵️ newlinesmag.com/essays/how-fun…

A little-known genre of speculative fiction called FICINT, or "fiction intelligence," is shaping strategic planning for war in the U.S. and beyond, reports Asmaa El Gammal أسماء الجمّال for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

From dancing with dictators to becoming Putin's pet, Steven Seagal has spent the last few decades making friends with some of the world's most notorious authoritarians My latest for Sports Politika sportspolitika.news/p/steven-seaga…

NEW: Algeria is approaching an election, but potential voters are indifferent, as the promise of a ‘new era’ has crumbled and the incumbent president has crushed dissent | New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/spotlight/alge…

We are thrilled to congratulate our editor-in-chief, Hassan I. Hassan — for winning the editor of the year award from the Eddie & Ozzie Awards. This celebrates the special achievements of an editor in the last 12 months.