Q&A with Benjamin Dalton about his new book, which journeys through philosophy, literature, film and (neuro)science to discover how our bodies and brains transform throughout life.
Masayuki Ueno re-evaluates how the Ottoman Empire managed religious minorities from the early days of the empire to the nineteenth century.
Laura Ruiz de Elvira explores the role of charities in Bashar al-Asad’s Syria and, by extension, the eventual downfall of the regime.
Simon Wolfgang Fuchs and Thomas Pierret explore the gap between oppressive and emancipatory utopias in the Middle East and North Africa
How have diasporas and migrants contributed to the rise of the US as a great political, economic, scientific, and cultural power?
Drawing on a long history of Christian-Muslim coexistence, Anna Hager explores the nuances and complexities of interfaith relations in the Middle East
Kieron Turner treats Racial Capitalism as a crucial theoretical tool for anti-colonial Palestinian resistance
Umit Eser explores authoritarianism in post-Ottoman geographies by investigating the origins of organised violence and ethnic cleansings at the beginning of the twentieth century
How does the telegraph function as both a material invention and an object of desire?
On the third anniversary of the seizure of Kabul, Robert D. Crews asks how we make sense of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.