Iraq

Koftaesque

By Witold Szabłowski, Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones,

From an account told to Witold Szabłowski by Abu Ali, a former cook for Saddam Hussein. The story is included in Szabłowski’s book How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein,…

The Vanishing

By Janine di Giovanni,

The plight of Christians in an age of intolerance

The End of Eden

By Alexander Dziadosz,

Climate change comes to the cradle of civilization

All the Last Wars

By Charles Glass, Don McCullin,

Around the world with the Goya of conflict photography

Dressed to Kill

By Betsy Morais, on April 6, 2017

Jared Kushner goes to Iraq

The Trouble with Defectors

By Scott Ritter,

What informants taught an intelligence officer

Escape from The Caliphate

By Jennifer Percy,

Rescuing and ransoming Christian hostages in Iraq

Disunified Front

By Charles Glass,

The chaotic, underfunded battle against the Islamic State

Divide and Conquer

From a mathematics textbook for children between six and twelve years old, published by the Islamic State’s ministry of education. The Islamic State distributed copies of the textbook to schools…

Divide and Conquer

By Harper’s Magazine, on December 30, 2015

Sample problems from a mathematics textbook for children between six and twelve years old, published by the Islamic State’s ministry of education.

Vacay-47

From blog posts on Paladin of Jihad offering advice for Western Muslims preparing to migrate (or “make hijra”) to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State. Read…

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Koftaesque

The Vanishing

The End of Eden

All the Last Wars

Dressed to Kill

The Trouble with Defectors

Escape from The Caliphate

Disunified Front

Divide and Conquer

Divide and Conquer

Vacay-47