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Erdoğan’s Relentless Campaign Against Writers
The legal case against Elif Shafak is part of the president’s wider crackdown on Turkey’s academics and press freedom.
César Aira’s Magic
How the eccentric Argentine author took over Latin American literature.
Bankers! Listen to Your Medieval Forebears
With every new crisis, the animosity towards financiers grows. History offers sage advice.
The Young Feminists Rejecting Marriage
Bihon communities in Korea are trading in the nuclear family for friends, ambitions, and experiences.
Chokepoint Politics
Global maritime shipping is riddled with obstacles that slow down logistics, some of which are intentionally implemented to increase profit.
The American Origins of Israel’s Armament Campaign
How Kahanism infiltrated the political mainstream.
What Elon Musk Gets Wrong About South Africa
The tech mogul’s statements about his country of origin reveal that he never really knew the place.
The Kurdish Ulysses
Kawa Nemir’s translation is an archive of the language, which has been suppressed by Turkey's nationalist politics.
Media Mogul on a Mission
Mathias Döpfner’s new memoir The Trade Trap is part policy manifesto, part declamation of political beliefs.
The Woman Behind Borges
María Kodama’s fierce loyalty transformed the legacy of Argentina’s most-cherished author.
Sins of the Salmon Kings
Every day, he releases one salmon from the pens into the sea, which gives him “an intoxicating feeling of control over life and death.”
Undoing the Alhambra Decree
Is Spain’s citizenship program for Sephardic Jews the best way to right past wrongs?
Karachi 2060
The road to the city of the future: evictions, demolitions and land reclamation.