[caption id="attachment_55249169" align="alignnone" width="594"] Detail of a students' school records as conservation of a trove of Iraqi Jewish artifacts discovered in a basement during the war is…

[caption id="attachment_55249092" align="alignnone" width="620"] Graffiti art on the walls in Cairo reflects the thoughts of Egyptians about the unrest in their country. (Mohamed Hossam/Anadolu…

[inset_left]Why Yemen Matters : A Society in Transition Edited by Helen Lackner Saqi Books, 360 pages London, 2014[/inset_left]Conferences on Yemen come around every 15 years or so in the United…

[caption id="attachment_55248860" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image from All-New Marvel Now featuring the first published adventure of the new Ms. Marvel Kamala Khan in costume by Adrian Alphona. …

[inset_left]The Assassin from Apricot City: Reportage from TurkeyBy Witold SzabłowskiTranslated by Antonia Lloyd-JonesStork Press, 210 pagesLondon, UK, 2013[/inset_left] The juggling balls of…

[caption id="attachment_55248725" align="alignnone" width="620"] Jamal PenjwenyPhotograph from the series Saddam is Here, 2009-2010. ©Jamal Penjweny, Courtesy of the artist.[/caption] Saddam Hussein…

[inset_left]Religion and State in Syria: The Sunni Ulama from Coup to RevolutionBy Dr. Thomas PierretCambridge University Press, 287 pagesCambridge, UK, 2013[/inset_left]When I met Sheikh Walid, a…

[caption id="attachment_55248566" align="alignnone" width="620"] Still from the film Ladder to Damascus, Mohamad Malas, 2013.[/caption] Ever since he produced his first film in 1970, Syrian auteur…

[caption id="attachment_55248352" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish citizens of Caucasian descent demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Ankara, Turkey on February 1, 2014. (Adem Altan/AFP…

[caption id="attachment_55248340" align="alignnone" width="620"] Still from Yemeni documentary Karama Has No Walls, directed by Sara Ishaq. (Courtesy of the film's website)[/caption] Without a doubt…