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A Jew in the mosque
Suzy Hansen
A self-described "average Israeli" talks about his daring journey to pray with the Holy Land's Muslims and Christians -- and why Arafat cannot head a Palestinian state.
Getting high with the Sufis
Sean Kenny
A British journalist spends a night in a Pakistani graveyard with the drummers and dancers of Islam's Aquarian branch.
Stuck in the Gulf
Damien Cave
Could Central Asian oil, piped through a rebuilt Afghanistan, wean the West from the Mideast? Chances are slim.
A memo to Americans
M.A. Muqtedar Khan
An Islamic scholar suggests that the roots of Muslim anger against the U.S. lie not in the religion itself, but in the political misery of its believers.
Fundamental problems
Max Garrone
Religious writer Karen Armstrong explains why Muslim nations have difficulty with democracy and the qualities that all forms of fundamentalism share.
Afghanistan’s land mine nightmare
Janelle Brown
Mines killed 1,100 Afghans last year, and injured up to 100 more a week. Now American ground troops head to a battlefield littered with 10 million mines -- and the conflict could leave more behind.
The Arab baby boom
Eric Boehlert
Idle youth in the Middle East provide easy recruits for extremist groups -- and there are more every year.
A thousand and one e-mails
Katharine Mieszkowski
The Taliban has declared the Internet un-Islamic, but elsewhere in the Muslim world, going online is one way to avoid the censors.
Girls and their gas masks
Arianna Huffington
Fears about biological warfare are breaking along gender lines.
Movies of the Middle East
Janelle Brown
Middle Eastern cinema provides a rich and complex look at a region that has suddenly moved to center stage.
“Baran”
Stephanie Zacharek
Iranian boy meets Afghan girl in a Middle Eastern film that might make it out of the art house.
Plague fears
Suzy Hansen
A bioterrorism expert talks about the wicked ways of anthrax and the even deadlier potential scourge of smallpox.
Watching the explosions from “Afghan Town”
David Talbot
Afghan-American intellectuals and journalists hope the U.S. is a rescuer, not a destroyer.
War and peace
Gary Kamiya
Our fight against terrorism gives the U.S. a historic opportunity to become a kinder, gentler force in the world
Preparing for the worst
Anthony York
As war looms over Afghanistan, relief agencies are racing to stave off mass starvation -- inside and outside the ravaged country.
The invisible nightmare
Andrew Leonard
Biological weapons are not that hard to produce, says a chilling new book written before Sept. 11 -- and they're getting easier all the time.
A new world order?
Michael Klare
Even former enemies are responding to America's call for a united front against terrorism.
The Iran card?
Anthony York, Max Garrone
The complex nation whose leader once called America "the Great Satan" -- and whose people cheer our soccer teams -- may play an increasingly important role in American strategic planning.
Democracy held hostage
David Talbot
We are fighting for freedom -- including the right to vigorously debate. But the war fever crowd wants us all to march in step.
No end in sight
Flore de Preneuf
On the anniversary of the new Palestinian intifada, a resolution between Palestinians and Israelis seems as far away as ever.
Oily insecurity
Damien Cave
After Sept. 11, conservatives call again for drilling in Alaska -- but environmentalists say the real danger is our addiction to oil.
America the ignorant
Laura Miller
After Sept. 11, Americans have rushed to educate themselves about Islam, the Middle East and foreign affairs. But how did we get so benighted in the first place?
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