The Long Road Out of Iran
Growing up in the shadow of revolution, war, and exile.
Penned from the crooked
timber of humanity
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The Fractured Island – Religion, Resistance and Ruin in the Southern Philippines
Enter Mindanao – the second-largest island in the Philippines, the heart of an archipelago stretching south toward Borneo and the site of one of the longest religiously framed conflicts in modern history. Not always violent, but never at peace, Mindanao is roughly the size of Greece. It is home to 26.5 million people, representing 24…
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Stalin and the Jewish Question
[Stalin’s] fear of western penetration [after World War II] featured even more strongly in the purge of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAFC). The JAFC was one of a number of anti-fascist organisations set up by the Soviets during the Great Patriotic War. Its job was to rally support for the USSR among Soviet Jews and…
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Europe in Asia welcomes the Europe in the Air
“My love, I am writing to you in a hurry … Ullstein informed me that the Zeppelin will probably leave on March 24th, so I must leave Berlin on the 21st in the evening. Besides, they want me to speak with the captain of the Zeppelin, M. Eckener, who will be in Berlin on the…
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The Unrivalled Rivalry — The Thrilla in Manila turns 50
Fifty years have passed since that grotesque yet glorious night that only the unforgiving sport of boxing could offer up: the Thrilla in Manila, the third and final meeting between “the greatest,” Muhammad Ali, and “Smokin’” Joe Frazier. Defined in the twilight of the divisive politics of the Civil Rights movement in the United States,…
