Let them wear hats
In 1925, Turkey banned the fez. Death and defiance soon followed.
Politics & Conflict
Book Review: The New Silk Roads
A masterful mapping out of a new world order centred around China.
Hagia Sophia re-mosqued
The story of Istanbul's Aya Sofya, now once again a sacred space, holds a mirror up to the region's history and points to a rocky future.
The state is watching
The inclusion of eco-activists in the Prevent counter-terrorism programme is only the tip of the iceberg.
Book review: The Far Right Today
Cas Mudde's exploration of the right-wing resurgence should ring alarm bells all over the globe.
Book review: The Immoral Majority
Ben Howe's polemic against Trump-supporting Christians gives us a rare insight into the evangelical split.
The return of Algeria’s revolution
Recent pro-democracy protests in Algeria have taken up the torch of the independence struggle
Book review: They will have to die now
James Verini's book is a monument to the brutal Battle of Mosul and the fall of the Caliphate
“Indoctrination happens through socialisation.”
Q&A with Julia Ebner, author of "Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists".
Rage in the corridors of power
The work of two controversial German thinkers illuminates the return of anger in politics