BRICK BY BRICKThe Secret Lives of Cairo’s EmbassiesThe 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
Dunes of DoomThe Explosive Secrets of Egypt’s DesertWhen foreign troops packed up and left the Sahara after World War II, they left behind a diabolical maze of landmines.Peter Schwartzstein
TUT TUT TUTEgypt Wants Its Exiled King BackKing 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
LESSER OF TWO EVILS?Sudan’s Vaccination Card Black MarketIn Sudan, a yellow fever vaccine costs $25. But for $8, you can get a phony certificate that says you’ve been vaccinated.Peter Schwartzstein
High TimesEgypt’s New Drug AddictionAs the country’s travails drag on, more and more Egyptians are turning to tramadol to dull the pain of a stalled economy.Peter Schwartzstein
SPIRITCelebrating Christmas in Syrian War ZoneDivided and drained by war, Syrian Christians are determined to celebrate for the first time in four years.Peter Schwartzstein
Numbers GameISIS Killing Quicker Than We Can CountThe 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
SplitsvilleJerusalem More Divided Than EverA journey to both side of the Holy City’s ‘racist abyss.’Peter Schwartzstein
Nineveh DiaryIraq’s Christians See Putin As SaviorReeling from regional developments and disillusioned with the West, some Iraqi Christians are looking to Russia for support. Peter Schwartzstein
ExclusiveLibya’s Trail of ContrabandOn 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
