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Middle East

Voices from Syria in Exile

Stranger’s Guide

"I had never realized how beautiful it looked until we left for Lebanon"

  • Lebanon
  • Middle East
  • Syria
  • Refugees
  • War

Khalid

Salar Abdoh

Brotherhood and blindness in the British Empire

  • England
  • Middle East
  • Literature

Fear and Hope in Wartime Gaza

Kira Brunner Don

One doctor’s attempt to treat trauma in the middle of a war

  • Gaza
  • Middle East
  • War

Istanbul: History Unfolds in the Capital of a Long-Gone Empire

Cassim Shepard

Aesthetics, power and history in Turkey's most famous city.

  • Mediterranean
  • Turkey
  • Gentrification
  • History
  • Travel

Crossing Tehran

Habibe Jafarian

Sisters take a madcap journey through Tehran to watch the first football match open to women.

  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • Tehran
  • Sports

“Revolutionary” Children

Narges Bajoghli

Old revolutionaries and the young activists taking their place.

  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • Tehran
  • Activism
  • Politics

On Women, Power, and Bodily Autonomy

Stranger’s Guide

Readings from Tehran, South Korea and Texas

  • Asia
  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • North America
  • South Korea
  • Tehran
  • Texas
  • United States
  • Gender
  • Public Health
  • Reproductive Rights
  • Women

The Refugees of Zaatari

Zarlasht Halaimzai

Life in a camp for Syrians displaced by war

  • Jordan
  • Mediterranean
  • Middle East
  • Migration
  • Refugees

Stranger Sounds: Tehran

Stranger’s Guide

A Spotify playlist featuring songs from the Golden Age of Persian Popular Music

  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • Tehran
  • Music

A Look at Stranger’s Guide: Tehran

Kira Brunner Don, Abby Rapoport

A letter from our co-founders

  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • Tehran

Walk Tehran’s Streets

Stranger’s Guide

In his essay, "Getting Lost in Virtual Tehran," Ali Araghi describes the Youtube videos that became his "little digital airports"

  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • Tehran

Keeping Up with the Fereshteh Crowd

Aeen Norouzi

It's nouveau riche versus old money in Tehran's toniest neighborhood

  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • Tehran
  • City Life
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