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Peter Schwartzstein

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The Secret Lives of Cairo’s Embassies

BRICK BY BRICK

The city’s embassies have come to form a kind of timeline in bricks and mortar for ‘who’s hot’ and ‘who’s not’ in the Arab World.

Peter Schwartzstein

Published Jul. 20, 2018 

The Explosive Secrets of Egypt’s Desert

Dunes of Doom

When foreign troops packed up and left the Sahara after World War II, they left behind a diabolical maze of landmines.

Peter Schwartzstein

Published Jan. 02, 2017 

Egypt Wants Its Exiled King Back

TUT TUT TUT

King Farouk, deposed in 1952, may have gone down in history as a lousy ruler. But these days Egyptians are inclined to say, ‘Compared to what?’

Peter Schwartzstein

Published Mar. 07, 2016 

Sudan’s Vaccination Card Black Market

LESSER OF TWO EVILS?

In Sudan, a yellow fever vaccine costs $25. But for $8, you can get a phony certificate that says you’ve been vaccinated.

Peter Schwartzstein

Published Aug. 31, 2015 

Egypt’s New Drug Addiction

High Times

As the country’s travails drag on, more and more Egyptians are turning to tramadol to dull the pain of a stalled economy.

Peter Schwartzstein

Published Jul. 18, 2015 

Celebrating Christmas in Syrian War Zone

SPIRIT

Divided and drained by war, Syrian Christians are determined to celebrate for the first time in four years.

Peter Schwartzstein

Published Dec. 25, 2014 

ISIS Killing Quicker Than We Can Count

Numbers Game

The jihadists’ advance has prompted a murder spree so massive that some groups have stopped publishing their death counts for fear of misleading the public.

Peter Schwartzstein

Published Dec. 05, 2014 

Jerusalem More Divided Than Ever

Splitsville

A journey to both side of the Holy City’s ‘racist abyss.’

Peter Schwartzstein

Published Aug. 24, 2014 

Iraq’s Christians See Putin As Savior

Nineveh Diary

Reeling from regional developments and disillusioned with the West, some Iraqi Christians are looking to Russia for support.

Peter Schwartzstein

Published Jun. 29, 2014 

Libya’s Trail of Contraband

Exclusive

On the porous desert border with Egypt, guns, cash and other illicit goods flow from Libya’s lawless frontier toward buyers in the Middle East.

Peter Schwartzstein

Published Jun. 16, 2014 
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