Conversations in Little Egypt
Article / I report from Queens on Egyptian-American attitudes about the Arab Spring. “I have never believed in torture,” Hosni Shahata...
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In the Kitchen on Zheltovskaya
Poetry / My mother sighed / as a potato peel slid onto the yellow linoleum, / she wiped her forehead /and stared through the window. Read...
Into the Fog
Poetry / I drifted there between trucks / riding to their morning deliveries / the driver wondered why I wanted the window down / fresh...
In Defense of the "Fathers": A Closer Look at Eugene Gorny and Roman Leibov
Article / I write about an unexpected scandal, and the origins of Russian Internet culture. In early May 2010, a scandal raged over the...
Kakha Bendukidze Analyzes Georgia's Economic Strategy: How Georgia Handled its Economy After the War
Article / I write about the architect of Georgia's post-Soviet economic strategy. Kakha Bendukidze, a former Russian oligarch who served...
Electoral Politics in Russia: Are Citizens Speaking Up?
Article / I write about the unlikely outcome of a mayoral election. On February 25, 2010, two weeks before regional elections took place...
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