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Seeing East Jerusalem in East St. Louis

The unrest in Ferguson is starting to look like the Arab Intifada. Here’s why that’s a good thing.

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You Can’t Print a Photo from Outer Space On Polyester

Celine Semaan Vernon’s new fashion project is a cosmic experiment in empathy.

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How a Palestinian Artist Turned Detainment into Creative Opportunity

Khaled Jarrar would've attended his art opening in New York, but he was a bit preoccupied.

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Palestinians May Not Have a Home, But Now They'll Have a Museum

The Palestinian Museum will be a "home of voices," with their purpose, they say, to "raise Palestine's voice high for all to hear."

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Badass 'Speed Sisters': The First Palestinian Women's Auto Racing Team

Cars represent far more than transportation for the Speed Sisters.

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Once Refugee Camp, Now Architectural Wonder

The reconstruction of Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp, in Tripoli, Lebanon was just shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

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People Are Awesome: Scarf Selling Judo Champ Is Palestine's First Olympian

Maher Abu Rmeileh is the first Palestinian to qualify to compete in the Olympics. Watch for his one arm shoulder throw next month.

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Designing Defense: Israel's Iron Dome and the Aesthetics of Conflict

Despite the image of a simple protective bubble, the Iron Dome in fact represents Israel's move toward a more active defense.

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If You Care Where Your Taxes Go, You Should Care About Palestine

Many Americans don't care about the U.N. vote on Palestinian statehood. But we should: $3 billion of our tax money goes to Israel each year.

Transparency: The Biggest News Stories of 2010

This is a look back at stories that kept us transfixed in 2010, from the still-bad economy to the Chilean miners and everything in between.

The GOOD 100: JR

Raising Profiles Looking at one hillside favela outside Rio de Janeiro in the summer of 2008, you would have seen its residents staring back at...

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Updates: JR

When we last saw street artist JR, he was pasting large pictures of Israelis and Palestinians on either side of the Gaza Wall. Now, he's taken his...

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About Face

Street artist JR brings Israelis and Palestinians closer together on the security wall that divides them.