Folk Culture

My brother, Mohammed, has survived nearly a year of war in Gaza while working to aid its people. He has...

On a warm November afternoon in 2021, I drove out from New Orleans, following the Mississippi River north to the...

Iran’s newish president and foreign minister could hardly be more different in demeanor. President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks informally, often goes...

Picture yourself near the front of a long line at an ice-cream shop. You’re getting close—but there’s this guy. He’s...

In June 2022, the man known online as “Conservative Anthony” drove me to a couple of what he calls migrant...

A heat wave struck Southern California earlier this month. Soon after, large swaths of the region began to burn. All...

How often do things line up this nicely? Those sticks you gathered from the yard to spare the mower and...

When my son was a toddler, he liked to run in our driveway until he fell. He would then turn...

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Abu Sayed stood with his arms outstretched, holding nothing but a stick, when Bangladeshi police fired their shotguns. A video...