New Lines Magazine

🧵One of the most unsettling stories to emerge from Syria’s postwar reckoning: a well-known Damascus hairdresser is now accused of a hidden role inside Assad’s prison system. newlinesmag.com/reportage/insi…

The Origin Stories of Bosnian Tattoos Are Only Skin-Deep A nationalistic bent has accompanied a revival of the markings, along with apocryphal tales that they kept Catholic maidens safe from Ottoman overlords Essay by @dr_anasekulic for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-ori…

Since 2016, the U.K. has had 5 prime ministers, and is on the verge of a sixth — the same number it had in the nearly four decades prior. Why the sudden trend? Incisive explainer by @FaisalAlYafai in @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

Generations of Catholic women in Bosnia sported intricate tattoos on their hands and arms. But the tales that they were designed to keep Christian maidens safe from Ottoman overlords are only skin-deep, writes @dr_anasekulic for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-ori…

NEW: Britain is in the midst of a political crisis. Yet behind the palace intrigue lies a bigger question — nobody seems able to explain what Britain is anymore, @FaisalAlYafai argues in @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

NEW: Generations of Catholic women in Bosnia sported intricate tattoos on their hands and arms. But the tales that they were designed to keep Christian maidens safe from Ottoman overlords are only skin-deep, writes @dr_anasekulic for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-ori…

Xenophobia in South Africa is changing as vigilantes run ID checkpoints at schools and clinics while the state largely looks away. As @kliwewe reports in @newlinesmag, who belongs in the rainbow nation is now being decided on the ground. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sout…

Xenophobia in South Africa is changing as vigilantes run ID checkpoints at schools and clinics, while the state largely looks away. As @kliwewe reports, who belongs in the rainbow nation is now being decided on the ground. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sout…

"One wonders if Israel can rationally aspire to be a Dubai on the Med while it is engaged in three separate military conflicts, has no internationally recognized borders and is tearing itself apart internally." newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

"Seven Arab countries are full EBU members, and in 70 years of Eurovision, only one of them has competed — exactly once."

"The ultimate goal is to have a civil law for everyone. People deal with the state as citizens. Religion is between them and God." @chrysographer spoke to @CewlaCenter about Egypt’s new personal status reforms, sectarianism and citizenship. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

كواليس الحياة المزدوجة لمصففة شعر سورية متهمة بالتعذيب في سجون الأسد ترجمة حديث @newlinesmag مع أقارب وضحايا المتهمة noonpost.com/374025/

Tonight, 200 million people could watch #Eurovision2026 in countries where it’s broadcast. Around 227 million people living in seven Arab EBU member states won’t—and their singers have (almost) never competed in 70 years. My piece for @NewlinesMag explaining why:

Former Qatari PM Hamad bin Jassim and former Saudi intel chief Turki al-Faisal have both gone public in recent days on Iran, Israel and the Gulf. Their views hint at the thinking going on behind the scenes, writes @kshaheen. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

"Her voice alone, they recall, was enough to silence entire cells." Hala Mounir Mohammad led a double life as a hairdresser and a feared guard in one of Assad's prisons. @PalomaDinechin tracked down her family, neighbors and survivors who hunted her. newlinesmag.com/reportage/insi…

The controversy around Israel’s participation in Eurovision extends well beyond the atrocities committed in Gaza. In the contest’s 70 year history, only one of the seven Arab nations that are members of the body that runs Eurovision has ever competed. newlinesmag.com/reportage/euro…

Megastreamer Hasan Piker is the subject of heated debate in the Democratic Party, especially over his views on Israel. But his fondness for the Chinese government may be a deeper problem, writes @newlinesmag Politics Editor @DannyPostel. newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

@lisang @kliwewe Read the full Running Note, here: newlinesmag.com/running-notes/…

WATCH: @lisang speaks with @kliwewe about her @newlinesmag piece on the controversies surrounding Sara Netanyahu, from the vastly over-budget official plane Wing of Zion, to claims about her role in the inner workings of the PM's government. youtube.com/shorts/9orujSS…

"Drones have allegedly been provided to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) by Egypt and Turkey, and to their rivals in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) by the United Arab Emirates. It is part of a global shift in how war is waged." | @sophie_neiman newlinesmag.com/reportage/dron…

Veteran @newcity film critic Ray Pride previews this Saturday’s event with documentary film curator/author @thompowers in the @newlinesmag + Nighthawk series Juxtapositions. Join us if you're in Chicago! Free & open to the public. Details on Eventbrite ⏬ eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of-d…