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On Not Leaving Kashmir

By Hillary Brenhouse | April 26, 2013

The boatman barely flicked his wrist, yet we moved forward in a terrifically straight line. How was he doing it?

At the edge of the West Bank village of Faqqua, an Israeli soldier watches from the other side of the Green Line. Photo by Bryan MacCormack of Left in Focus.

The Hourglass

By Nathan Schneider | January 30, 2013

What I learned about empire in the West Bank.

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Every Place is Khalidiya

By Jennifer Mackenzie | December 10, 2012

A trip to the Damascus grave of Dr. Ali Shariati, revolutionary, as the shelling in Homs, Syria began.

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Bombed-Out Jesus

By Ashley Makar | December 3, 2012

It’s not until I look at the blank space where his face would be that I see how white he was.

by Caroline on Crack, via flickr

Dear America: Moderate Muslims Exist

By Murwarid Abdiani | October 22, 2012

And they love bacon, booze, and cookies and cream.

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Praying for Ice

By Peter Manseau | June 30, 2012

Pilgrims in India long for the cold.

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Serendipity

By Ben Brazil | June 4, 2012

Finding words for the ways things happen to one while traveling.

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Pentecost in Mexico

By Michelle Syba | May 27, 2012

The Jesus freak has a certain power to clear a room.

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Burning Faith

By Christian Nicolás Desrosiers | May 16, 2012

A Sultan, a mystic, and a volcano vie for power in Indonesia.

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Religion Island

By Morgan Meis | March 19, 2012

Dawkins vs. Sri Lanka, and silence wins.

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Three Cemeteries

By Rowan Moore Gerety | February 29, 2012

Supernatural real estate in Mozambique

"shoot the bokeh (bokeh murder)" by horizontal.integration via Flickr.

Shoot

By Nathaniel Page | November 22, 2011

An exercise in recreational destruction.

Occupy Wall Street in Washington Square Park on October 8, by Darwin Yamamoto, via Flickr.

Mic Checked

By Rachel Signer | November 14, 2011

How Occupy Wall Street occupies your heart.

Teddy Club in Haifa. Photo by permission of Janine Sarai.

Black Among Blacks

By Janine Rayford | September 7, 2011

2Pac and MLK in an Ethiopian Café in Israel.

Photo by the authors.

The Other Protest

By Gordon Haber and Joshua Furst | August 25, 2011

Not all the marches in Israel this month ignored the occupation.

Posters of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.

Head-Hunting

By Peter Manseau | August 22, 2011

An excerpt from Rag and Bone, in which a soccer-playing Syrian calls Bashar al-Assad a lizard.

From the 2011 Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference. Photo from the Philly Broadcaster.

Reporter in Transition

By Becky Garrison | August 20, 2011

Initial reflections from the 2011 Philadelphia TransHealth Conference.

Clouds and light facing west down the Beagle Channel. Photo by author.

The End of the Earth

By Michael Snyder | July 18, 2011

Bringing the gospel where it isn’t really wanted.