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“Too Westernized to Return”
A conversation with Lisa De Bode, whose article on Afghan immigrants’ path to asylum in Belgium was published in our Sports issue.
Becoming Belgian
For Afghan immigrants in Belgium, securing the right to stay involves proving they have become too “Westernized” to return.
Investigating Paris’ Olympics Evictions
A conversation with Phineas Rueckert, whose article on the acceleration of evictions in Paris ahead of the Olympic Games was published in our Sports issue.
The Deserter
“Tomorrow I’d be sent to the front lines. Then I noticed my missing leg had sent me a letter.”
“It’s Time to Play Ball, British Style”
A hot dog, a Pimm’s cup and two national anthems: The cultural dissonance of watching America’s pastime in London.
The Anthropologists
“Manu and I had no spare sets of plates or matching glasses, but we had plenty of discussion in our lives.”
States of Sanctuary
As governments across the world crack down on migration, can alternatives to asylum make a difference?
The Enduring Appeal of Vienna’s Gilded-Age Balls
A conversation with Jessi Jezewska Stevens, whose article on Vienna’s ball season was published in our Land issue.
Writing About Erasure
Two recent Uyghur memoirs grapple with how to portray the oppressed minority as more than victims.
Adopted by Russia
Hundreds of Ukrainian orphans taken from the Donbas region are now stranded in the Kremlin’s orphanage system.
The Meloni Way
How Italy’s prime minister uses lawsuits and intimidation to reshape the culture.
Apostrophe’s Dream
“They have been friends all their lives, living in close quarters in a typesetter’s drawer.”
Letters from Exile
“What can I do, I will always be, at heart, an emigrant — but what lessons have I drawn from it?”