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How Iranian MEK went from US terror list to halls of Congress

Described by critics as 'a cult', Iranian opposition group is now lauded by top US officials as alternative to Iran's government

Abdul Hakim Belhaj: Why I rejected bin Laden’s invitation to join al-Qaeda

Somali. Black. Muslim. Woman. Refugee. American: The making of Ilhan Omar

Manchester City, Abu Dhabi and the rise of English football's new order

Mourning the missing in Israel's 'cemeteries of numbers'

Massacre in Mali: How the 'war on terror' fuels tribal violence in the Sahel

The new faces of Jewish-American resistance to Israel

The fraught and unforgettable: How Malcolm X's legacy lives on in America

Blaming the West is not enough: We too are responsible for this calamity

Separating children from parents: A sordid modern practice

If this happened in Alabama there would be uproar. In Israel, it's the norm

What the 1930s can teach us about Syria and our brutal world order

Can political satire survive in Sisi's Egypt?

How the Muslim Brotherhood's women activists stepped up in Egypt

The limits of transactionalism in Turkey-Kurdistan relations

How Christian Zionists got their man into the White House

Despite the euphoria in Baghdad, Iraq's revival is far from secure

After the war: Who’s going to pay for Syria’s reconstruction?

Islamophobia, 20 years later: How we can hope to defeat it

The price of peace? How Damascus strikes deals with beaten rebels

The most disputed land on earth: How Greek Orthodox church sold off Palestinian plots