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The Commission and the King
by Diana Reisman: The cavernous reception hall of Bahrain’s royal palace overflowed with qaffiyas, jalabiyas, and some Western attire. The press and political...
From Sÿdtirol to Alto Adige
by Sophia Clementi: Everyone born within the borders of the boot extending into the Mediterranean Sea has the right to the same maroon-colored passport. The bold...
Observing the Revolution
by Erin Biel: By the time I arrived at the women’s polling station, at around 9:30 a.m., the line was already winding down El Sa’id El Bakry Street in both directions...
Treasures in the Forest
by Amelia Earnest: In 1940, the shaman of the Huaorani tribe had a strange vision. It told him of a foreign people that would soon come to his village. A few months...
A New Home on the Range
by Jeffrey Kaiser: Ruben Mathiok has two wives, seven children, and hundreds of cattle. He is a rich man for a herder, living on the outskirts of Bor, the capital...
Worth its Weight in Copper
by Ashley Dalton: On May 13, 1997, the smell of smoke infused the fresh mountain air of Junín, Ecuador as a single, empty wooden shack burned to the ground. If...
Saga of the Pseudo-State
by Raisa Bruner: In the drowsy late afternoon heat, the dusty streets of North Nicosia, Cyprus are empty. But inside the crumbling houses, living rooms are crowded...
The Rules of Pashtunwali
by Marissa Dearing: Hakimjan Ahmadzai, a Pashtun born in southeastern Afghanistan, understands rules. Raised in a place where familial memory stretches back ten...
A Common Divide
by Anya Van Wagtendonk Student tours of sites holy to both Jews and Muslims impact tensions in a partitioned Hebron. Each year, thousands of Israeli schoolchildren...
The Death of Bullfighting
By Christopher Peak: I paid 30 euros to watch six bulls die. There are less expensive seats available at Madrid’s Plaza de Las Ventas, Spain’s largest bullring,...