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Damascus, Syria. January 2013. Source: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images You will not see Ahmad in a television report, trapped in a war zone that used to be his home. He is not among the refugees...
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The headquarters of Jabhat Tahrir Syria Islamia (Freedom for Islamic Syria), where Aleppo residents undergo judicial procedures in accordance with Shari’a law. ALEPPO, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ala Jaleema leans...
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Turkish Alevis participate in a Cem ritual in the eastern Turkish city of Sivas. ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images Erdal is a Muslim: it is official. It must be so, because it is there in black and white,...
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Inside Beirut’s Inglot store. HANNAH LUCINDA SMITH Hamra was thronging with early drinkers and late-night shoppers on a humid evening in June. Beirut’s quirkiest district, beloved of the city’s...
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