Beyond the profiles
Stories
Explore the rich cultures, histories, and lived experiences of minority communities across the Middle East through stories that go beyond the headlines.
Neo-Aramaic
From imperial lingua franca to four endangered dialects: how the language of Jesus survived everything except the twentieth century.
The Circassian exile
How an empire's final campaign emptied the Caucasus — and why the road from the Black Sea beaches ends at the founding of Amman.
Nowruz
Kurds, Iranians, Zoroastrians, Baha'is, Alevis: how one equinox festival became the region's most shared — and most contested — day.
Mandaean Silver
A faith that forbids weapons made its men masters of the bench instead — and the exodus that nearly ended both the people and their silver.
Tifinagh
Circles, crosses and dots older than the Latin alphabet — how the Amazigh dug their script out of the rock and put it back on the schoolroom wall.