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Hezbollah Readies for Next War Against Israel
Foreign Policy | September 4, 2019

‘More Killing and Sexual Violence’
The Washington Post’s The Lily | October 13, 2019

Educated in Terror: Deprogramming the Children ISIS Taught to Kill
NBC News | July 6, 2017

Iran’s Proxy Threat is the Real Problem Now
Foreign Policy | January 11, 2020

The Twin Hatreds
The Washington Post | March 22, 2019

The Syrian War May Be Ending, But the Suffering Has Just Begun
The Daily Beast | July 18, 2018

‘Women Survive. They Do Not Live.’
Foreign Policy | October 11, 2016

What the Hell is Happening in Lebanon?
New York | November 10, 2019

Hezbollah’s New Strength Leaves Israeli Border Tense
NBC News | September 16, 2017

In Iraq, America’s Allies–And Its Enemies–Are Nervously Waiting for Trump’s Next Move
New York | January 26, 2017

A New War in the Middle East?
Esquire | November 10, 2018

Pedophile Cult Leader Warren Jeffs Tore This Town Apart. Now His Victims Are Putting it Back Together
The New Statesman | September 17, 2018

Israel and Hezbollah Are Girding For War–And the Next Round Could be Horrific
The Nation | April 5, 2018

Refugees from Violence and War Build New Lives in New York
Village Voice | May 10, 2017

This Lebanese Village is Under Attack by ISIS
New York | June 21, 2015

‘We Do Not Need America’s Support’
Foreign Policy | September 25, 2016

The Legendary Tribe That’s Fought Everyone From the Ottomans to ISIS
VICE | June 15, 2016

Syria’s Refugee Children Have Lost All Hope
Foreign Policy | June 30, 2016

Kurds Fighting the Islamic State Are Trying to Navigate Between the US and Iran
VICE News | June 4, 2016

Hezbollah is the Real Winner of the Battle of Aleppo
Newsweek | January 9, 2017

Terror Groups Look to Test U.S. Defenses After Visa Ban
Village Voice | February 7, 2017

The Syrian War Is Creating a Massive Kidnapping Crisis in Lebanon
The Atlantic | September 6, 2013

The Indefensible
Harpers | February 13, 2017

What Oil Pipelines Can Do to Native American Land and Life
VICE | November 28, 2016

What I Learned About Terrorism By Talking to My Father’s Kidnapper
New York | October 26, 2016

What Muslims Fighting ISIS in the Middle East Say About Trump
VICE | September 29, 2016

Beirut’s Bastille
Foreign Policy | May 2, 2013

Terrorist to the World, Hero at Home
VICE News | May 18, 2016

Child Marriages Rise Among Syrian Refugee Girls
The Atlantic | May 28, 2013

The Martyrs of the South
Foreign Policy | January 30, 2015

The Next Middle East War? Hezbollah May Risk Everything In All-Out Fight with Israel
Newsweek | July 3, 2017

Almost Half of Private Psychiatrists Don’t Accept Insurance. People Die as a Result
Vox | March 16, 2016

These Are the People Making Captagon, the Drug ISIS Fighters Take to Feel ‘Invincible’
New York | December 9, 2015

“The Smugglers Are Vampires”
Foreign Policy | October 5, 2015

Inside the Lebanese Camps Where Syrian Refugees are Struggling to Eke Out a Living
VICE | September 16, 2015

How Patient Suicide Affects Psychiatrists
The Atlantic | January 20, 2015

In Northern Lebanon, Life Under ISIS’s Shadow
New York | September 14, 2015

Conspiracy Theories: the One Thing Everyone in Lebanon Has in Common
The Atlantic | August 8, 2013

What Hezbollah Fighters Think About the Iran Nuclear Deal
VICE | April 7, 2015

I Talked to Young Iranians About Nuclear Negotiations and the Future
VICE | March 16, 2015

I was an ISIS Hostage for Five Months
New York | March 20, 2015

Do Sociopaths Make Better Soldiers?
VICE | July 21, 2015

Until Yesterday, My Father Was the Longest-Held Hostage in U.S. History
New York | November 26, 2013

Guarding Mosques in America After Paris and San Bernadino
VICE | January 4, 2016

Lebanon’s ISIS Problem is Spinning Out of Control
New York | November 13, 2015

When Wilderness Boot Camps Take Tough Love Too Far
The Atlantic | August 12, 2014

Blood, Tear Gas, and Twitter: On the Front Lines With Turkey’s ‘Occupy’ Kids
New York | June 12, 2013

Gazi to Gezi: Turkish Protests Unite Minorities Who Distrust Each Other
The Atlantic | June 13, 2013

Lebanon’s Sunni Child Soldiers
VICE | April 30, 2013

Letter From a City Buried in Garbage
New York | September 4, 2015

Rowdies with a Cause
Foreign Policy | February 5, 2013

Ladyboys in the Gulf
Foreign Policy | October 19, 2012

Terrorists Held My Dad Hostage
Foreign Policy | June 5, 2014

An NYPD Officer’s Real Talk on the Garner Case
New York | December 4, 2014

 Sex for Sale in Beirut
Foreign Policy | February 7, 2012

Syrian Suffering in Lebanon
Foreign Policy’s Middle East Channel | January 9, 2013

Lebanon’s Growing Syria Crisis
Foreign Policy’s Middle East Channel | August 20, 2012

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