The Best of New Lines Magazine
8 most popular New Lines Magazine articles, as voted by our community.
An award-winning magazine for the best writing from around the world. Longform essays run daily online and quarterly in print. http://lnk.bio/newlinesmag
New Lines Magazine on Business
The Oil Thieves of Nigeria
How a violent conflict in the resource-rich Niger Delta has wrought ecological and economic devastation for a generation
New Lines Magazine on Islam
A Schoolgirl's First Day in Iran's Islamic Republic
An Iranian woman recalls the trauma she and other girls experienced in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution
New Lines Magazine on Politics
Libyan Floods Reflect a River of Corruption and Negligence
In a devastating storm’s aftermath, a greedy leadership is to blame
New Lines Magazine on Solarpunk
What if We Cancel the Apocalypse?
How the aesthetic, utopian yet pragmatic movement of Solarpunk reimagines a future without a climate catastrophe
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The Last of the Bougainvillea Years
A poet from Tripoli was displaced in Dubai for a decade, but suddenly it felt like home as another move, this time across the globe, was imminent
A Low-Budget Sci-Fi Film Shatters Iran’s Sacred Red Lines
How a spoof on the Persian classic Shahnameh satirizes the Islamic Republic
In Egypt, Foreigners Dominate Belly Dancing
Yielding to religious conservatism and other trends, the native stars have ceded the stage to immigrants
The Realm of the Devil and the Destroyers of Rome
How the north came into its allure and the south lost its glory
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