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Women Released From Syria’s Prisons Share Their Stories of Incarceration

5 days ago | newlinesmag.com | Amélie Zaccour

Malak watches Al-Rawda cafe gradually fill up. It is 4 p.m. on a February afternoon, and the 32-year-old lawyer is regaining a taste of freedom, after spending six months in the jails of the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad. The human rights activist feels at home in this epicenter of Damascus’ political and cultural activism.
How South Korea's Directors Took Their Discontent Global

1 week ago | newlinesmag.com | Tim Brinkhof

Five years ago, Jane Fonda announced “Parasite” as the best picture at the Academy Awards, ushering in an age of unprecedented global interest in South Korean film and television that has spanned generations and continents, enticing audiences above all with stories about the failings of contemporary capitalism.
After a Century, the Question of the Kurds’ Place in Syria Remains Unresolved

1 week ago | newlinesmag.com | Sami Moubayed

On May 30, 1945, as French forces bombarded Damascus in the final months of World War II, a rumor swept through the city’s Kurdish quarter, on the slopes of Mount Qasioun: The Syrian government had collapsed, and President Shukri al-Quwatli had fled the capital. Seizing the moment, young Kurdish Damascenes took up arms, ostensibly in self-defense, and some even raised the Kurdish tricolor flag — a symbol devised in 1920 by the Istanbul-based Society for the Rise of Kurdistan.
Russia’s New Weapon: Child Suicide Bombers

1 week ago | newlinesmag.com | Michael Weiss

Just after 2 p.m. on Valentine’s Day this year, a middle-aged woman in a bright red coat walked over to a group of Ukrainian soldiers standing outside a cafe in the city of Mykolaiv. The soldiers, who were just finishing their lunch break, stood in a group, chatting, and clearly didn’t think much of the woman as she placed the bag she was carrying on the ground. Within seconds, the bomb hidden inside the bag was remotely detonated, killing her and three of the Ukrainian soldiers instantly.
A Public Letter Criticizing Israel Reveals a Schism Among Britain’s Jews

2 weeks ago | newlinesmag.com | Rachel Shabi

The contrast between the moderately worded letter and the extreme response it received could hardly have been more striking. In a rare move, 36 members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews — the largest and oldest body representing Jews in the U.K. — published an open letter in the Financial Times, criticizing Israel’s war in Gaza.
India is Reeling as the Illusion of Normalcy Dissolves in Kashmir

2 weeks ago | newlinesmag.com | Surbhi Gupta

A week after Indian naval officer Vinay Narwal and Himanshi Sowami got married on April 16, he was dead. The couple wanted to visit Switzerland for their honeymoon, but since he did not get permission to travel abroad from the naval authorities, they went instead to Kashmir, a popular tourist spot.
From Hollywood to Hockey, Russians Are Counting Wins on the Cultural Battlefield

2 weeks ago | newlinesmag.com | Andrew Ryvkin

A week before the Oscars, in February, I was on a date in New York City. We were talking about Sean Baker’s film “Anora,” which is about an American sex worker who marries the spoiled son of a Russian oligarch. Having already won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, the film was now set to become an Oscars darling, with one of its leads — the Russian Yura Borisov — nominated for Best Supporting Actor. My date, who is from Moscow, was thrilled. She said she was rooting for Borisov.
From Hollywood to Hockey, Russians Are Counting Wins on the Cultural Battlefield

2 weeks ago | newlinesmag.com | Andrew Ryvkin

A week before the Oscars, in February, I was on a date in New York City. We were talking about Sean Baker’s film “Anora,” which is about an American sex worker who marries the spoiled son of a Russian oligarch. Having already won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, the film was now set to become an Oscars darling, with one of its leads — the Russian Yura Borisov — nominated for Best Supporting Actor. My date, who is from Moscow, was thrilled. She said she was rooting for Borisov.
The Curious Gaps in the Israeli Army’s Updates

2 weeks ago | newlinesmag.com | Sammy Sussman

On Oct. 9, 2023, a series of short statements about Israeli operations in the West Bank were posted alongside updates on airstrikes in Gaza, on a little-known page on the Israeli army spokesperson’s website called the “War Diary.” The spokesperson’s office makes the War Diary available in English, Arabic, Spanish, French and Hebrew. But information about operations in the West Bank appeared only in Hebrew.
Vietnam’s Village of Moroccan Defectors

2 weeks ago | newlinesmag.com | Basma El Atti

When his plane touched down at Rabat’s Sale Airport in 1972, 16-year-old Zika Hajji stepped out into the dry heat of Morocco for the first time, toward the outstretched hand of an imposing man in military uniform with high cheekbones and heavy-rimmed sunglasses. Gen. Mohamed Oufkir greeted him in Moroccan dialect, “Kidayer, labass?” (“How are you doing?”). Zika froze. He didn’t speak any Arabic.