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  • Looted libraries

    Looted libraries

    « In both countries, it has left the government officials grappling with an extremely delicate and complex issue. Why is it so difficult to move forward? »

  • ~ Potpourri: France

    ~ Potpourri: France

    « Chaos is no longer the weapon of the rebels but the banner of those in power. »

  • Glory to the rails

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    Millions of Ukrainians left the country during the first weeks of the invasion; four million were evacuated by train, including a million children. Thousands of dogs, cats and other pets, too.

  • Queen of the night

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    Maria Theresa, Habsburg empress, created the modern European state. To ponder her reign is to ask what the Enlightenment was — and is. Be careful with your nostalgias.

  • So, kill him [at Aulide]

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    here he is        in his bed, so scared                 he can’t move

  • After midnight

    After midnight

    The modern world races forward with all its technological might, yet remains trapped in a reactive cycle of disasters. Necessary responses follow catastrophes rather than prevent them.

  • Mapping starvation

    Mapping starvation

    On 21 August, Forensic Architecture, a London-based agency that investigates acts of state violence and lawlessness worldwide, released its latest project: « The Architecture of Genocidal Starvation in Gaza ». The next day, the United Nations declared that Gaza had officially entered a state of famine. We spoke to senior researcher at FA Nour Abuzaid,…

  • The Palestinian seafront of the future — Joséphine Baker in Haifa

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    Long ago, on the coast of Palestine, an elegant Modernist casino was frequented by Muslims, Christians, and Jews. One night in 1943 Joséphine Baker performed.

  • How to abandon an archive

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    When an authoritarian regime collapses, what happens to the archives of its secret police?

  • The body in the crushed roses

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    Excerpt from Sergei Lebedev’s new novel The Lady of the Mine (2025), set near a Ukrainian coal mine that buries atrocities from the past.

  • Pixel War

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    Meet the strangest strangers, incels, conspiracy theorists, cyberpunks and Wikipedians.