Conflict Zones

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  Dispatch

  Of Crimea and Other Crises: Drawings by Dan Perjovschi

  April 8, 2014 - 

  One of Romania’s best-known artists, Dan Perjovschi, shares drawings that ironically address Russia’s occupation of Crimea as well as today’s worldwide crises of inequality, debt and surveillance.  More

  By Dan Perjovschi

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  Election Report

  The Day the Taliban Took Kabul

  March 24, 2014 - 

  When the Taliban first entered Kabul in 1996, writer Habib Zahori was hopeful their presence would usher in an era of peace and stability after years of civil war. His optimism quickly soured. Now, with Afghanistan’s presidential elections and the American troop withdrawal on the horizon, Zahori explains why political transition invokes a sense of wariness.  More

  By Habib Zahori

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  Op-Ed

  What Is a Refugee If There Is No Nation-State?

  February 3, 2014 - 

  Writing from Jordan, a nation that has provided refuge for millions of exiled Palestinians and today also houses hundreds of thousands of Syrians, MTL finds poignant parallels between the Palestinian and Syrian refugee experiences.  More

  By MTL

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  Feature

  Baghdad Last Night

  January 21, 2014 - 

  Marking the anniversary of the first Gulf War, photographer Sylvia Plachy shares images of the “broken world” she witnessed in Kuwait 23 years ago, which depict the oil fires that darkened the sky for months and debris strewn along the “Highway of Death” leading to Iraq.  More

  By Sylvia Plachy

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  Op-Ed

  Dadaab: The Clock Is Ticking

  November 4, 2013 - 

  For those familiar with the extreme poverty and crime Somalis face—in their own country and in Kenya’s rapidly growing Dadaab camp—Al-Shabaab’s deadly attack on an upscale Nairobi mall was not a matter of if but of when.  More

  By Thymaya Payne