From Afghanistan to Syria, Belgian jihadists have been sowing havoc for generations. Tam Hussein picks through the wreckage | New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/essays/from-af…

'43 years later, I watch in disbelief as young Iranian women burn their hijabs & bareheaded schoolgirls screaming with power drive a male official out of the school gate.'

TehranBureau.com recalls her 1st day at school after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. newlinesmag.com/first-person/a…

The vanished Islamic theology of the Mutazilites tends to be dismissed today, yet their early attempt to reconcile faith, reason and conscience has much to say to the Muslim world, writes Mustafa Akyol in New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/essays/an-earl…

In a country where freedom of expression is restricted, a fresh wave of female directors from Tunisia are making films that serve as an act of protest — and winning global recognition for it, writes Sarah Goodman for New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/reportage/wome…

Tibetan Kashmiris has been living quietly on the foothills of a small hillock on the outskirts of Srinagar’s downtown area in the Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir for over six decades. Junaid Kathju reports on this distinct community for New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/essays/tibetan…

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A beautiful piece, honest & moving. Exploring mental health stories is incredibly important. Often a taboo, something everyone pretends to be tolerant about but mostly aren’t. I like how it’s woven into culture as well, yet is still a universal experience newlinesmag.com/first-person/a…

'There are many ways to tell the Syrian story of the past 11 years, most of them painful. Aspirations crushed, a country decimated, a population that struggles today to cover its most basic needs.' Tamara Alrifai on memories, Syria, love, food.New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/first-person/s…

Bosnia has 'the most complex constitutional and electoral regime in the world'. Strangest of all is the High Representative, a foreign diplomat with the power to veto laws & dismiss elected officials. Jasmin Mujanović breaks it down for New Lines Magazine:

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NEW: A personal account of the road to suicide and back while navigating depression and the taboos imposed by culture and religion | New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/first-person/a…

There are 103 people in this AFP News Agency photo.

Just three are women.

“As long as Coptic exists, no matter how small the number of speakers, it connects us to ancient Egypt,” says Titi Maurice. Now a number of initiatives are aimed at reviving that connection to the language of the pharaohs.

By Lydia Wilson | New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/essays/preserv…

By forcing their severe and cramped religious vision on an unwilling people, Khomeini and his allies have driven many from Islam itself, writes Mustafa Akyol
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A German diplomat's extraordinary intervention in Bosnia’s recent elections undermines the country's democracy and risks empowering nationalist extremists, writes Jasmin Mujanović | New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/reportage/how-…

NEW: My 10-year-old sister’s arms and legs were flailing. “Whore! Scum!” shouted the school inspector. “I’m going to break your face!”

TehranBureau.com recalls her first day at school after the 1979 Iranian Revolution for New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/first-person/a…

'Forty-three years later, I watch in disbelief as young Iranian women burn their hijabs & bareheaded schoolgirls screaming with power drive a male official out of the school gate.
Nothing like the fire & fury of this generation.' TehranBureau.com New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/first-person/a…

My new long read for New Lines Magazine on the OHR BiH’s partisan, unilateral & illiberal elxn amendments in Bosnia, which fly in the face of all democratic norms & legitimacy & evoke the most absurd personalist excesses of Europe’s dark imperial 19th century. newlinesmag.com/reportage/how-…

Number 1 essay on New Lines Magazine 's home page right now: Jasmin Mujanović's essay on how the current high representative, Christian Schmidt's controversial intervention in Bosnia's recent elections risks empowering nationalist extremists.👇

Riada Ašimović Akyol Jasmin Mujanović New Lines Magazine Strong piece, Jasmin Mujanović! Predictably, Dragan Čović hit the gas since 10/2, just like his ally Милорад Додик does after getting a concession. He's pushing the idea of 'legitimate representation' across the ethnic spectrum in govt - he'll work ONLY with other warlords-in-waiting.