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A New Crisis for Egypt's Copts
The toppling of Egypt's government has led to a renewal of violence against the nation's Christian minority
November 2011
| By Joshua Hammer
Terrorists get the headlines, but most Muslims want to reclaim their religion from extremists
September 2011
| By Robin Wright
At a shopping mall in Dubai, Joel Sternfeld documents the peak of consumer culture with his iPhone
February 2011
| By David Zax
On their way to a park built in the shadow of Bamiyan’s Buddhas, two Americans encounter remnants of war and signs of promise
December 13, 2010
| By Kristin Ohlson
An archaeologist insists a third giant statue lies near the cliffs where the Bamiyan Buddhas, destroyed in 2001, once stood
December 2010
| By Joshua Hammer
In the deserts of Yemen, Zaraniq tribesmen compete to leap camels in a single bound
September 2010
| By Brandon Springer
Deafening to fans, broadcasters and players, the ubiquitous plastic horn is closely tied to South Africa’s soccer tradition
June 08, 2010
| By Jim Morrison
After years of conflict, Turkey's tradition-rich Kurdish minority is experiencing a joyous cultural reawakening
June 2010
| By Stephen Kinzer
As demand for its antiquities soars, the West African country is losing its most prized artifacts to illegal sellers and smugglers
November 2009
| By Joshua Hammer
Once the dazzling capital of ancient Persia, Isfahan fell victim to neglect, but a new generation hopes to restore its lost luster
April 2009
| By Andrew Lawler
Dangling from a paraglider with a propeller on his back, photographer George Steinmetz gets a new perspective on Africa
January 2009
| By Abigail Tucker
A correspondent who chronicled their lives in central African rain forests returns a decade later and is shocked by what he finds
December 2008
| By Paul Raffaele
Scholars trace the nation's antagonism to its history of domination by foreign powers
October 2008
| By Stephen Kinzer
His new book advocates helping the world's poorest people one tool at a time
August 2008
| By Abigail Tucker
Stricken by sectarian warfare and still reeling from the 2005 murder of its former Prime Minister, the Mediterranean nation brokers a fragile peace
July 2008
| By Joshua Hammer
Tourists are flocking to the city, but a former resident explains how the legacy of apartheid lingers
April 2008
| By Joshua Hammer
Christians in Ethiopia have long claimed to have the ark of the covenant. Our reporter investigated
December 2007
| By Paul Raffaele
In a watershed experiment, the Boston entrepreneur is putting $40 million of his own money into a splendid but ravaged park in Mozambique
May 2007
| By Stephanie Hanes
After fighting neglected diseases in Africa for a quarter century, former president Jimmy Carter takes on one of the continent's biggest killers malaria
June 2007
| By Robert M. Poole
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