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Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander Have Shown Us a Way Forward

Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander Have Shown Us a Way Forward

Steven W. Thrasher on What a Healthy Progressive Coalition Looks Like

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 26, 2025

From Dream to Nightmare: On the Deadly Manifestations of Religious Hatred in India

From Dream to Nightmare: On the Deadly Manifestations of Religious Hatred in India

Zara Chowdhary Remembers a Idyllic Childhood Torn Apart by Violent Sectarianism

By Zara Chowdhary | July 22, 2024

Write More “Indianly,” or Else: Asha Thanki on the Trap of “Authentic” Writing

Write More “Indianly,” or Else: Asha Thanki on the Trap of “Authentic” Writing

Considering the Publishing Industry's Problematic Ideas About Non-American Writers

By Asha Thanki | July 10, 2024

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A Quiet Roar: Wendy Doniger on Amit Chaudhuri’s <em

Freedom Song">A Quiet Roar: Wendy Doniger on Amit Chaudhuri’s Freedom Song

“True freedom may lie in the art that can express, deeply embedded in ordinary family life, the political attachments that shape and misshape that life.”

By Wendy Doniger | May 15, 2024

Ream Shukairy on Telling Muslim Stories in an Islamophobic World

Ream Shukairy on Telling Muslim Stories in an Islamophobic World

“May we speak up the veins in our necks bulge. May we walk confidently into rooms demanding to be heard.”

By Ream Shukairy | April 1, 2024

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Maris Kreizman on the Jewish Book Council’s New Initiative

By Maris Kreizman | February 29, 2024

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The Consequences of Speaking Out Against Religious Illiberalism in Malaysia

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Mustafa Akyol Considers the Theological Roadblocks to the Islamic Enlightenment

By Mustafa Akyol | June 22, 2021

How the Specter of Islam Fueled European Colonization in the Americas

How the Specter of Islam Fueled European Colonization in the Americas

Alan Mikhail Considers the Historical Ripples of Islamophobia

By Alan Mikhail | December 17, 2020

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and Violence">Fatima Bhutto on Writing a Novel of Economic Desperation
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The Long History of Blaming the Devout During a Plague

The Long History of Blaming the Devout During a Plague

Historian Alan Mikhail on Islamophobia Then and Now

By Alan Mikhail | June 15, 2020

How the West is Destroying Itself Through Its Fear of Migrants

How the West is Destroying Itself Through Its Fear of Migrants

Suketu Mehta on the Origins of Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric

By Suketu Mehta | June 13, 2019

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