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Voices+Opinion

Coming home to Syria

Published Summer 2017

In excerpts from her new memoir, 'The Home That Was Our Country,' alum Alia Malek recounts her return to Syria in 2011—when the country began its spiral into civil war / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Illustration depicts a tank draped in the American flag in front of a red and white striped background

Sit rep

Published Summer 2017

A deep-dive into Eliot Cohen's 'thoughtful, carefully reasoned' book, 'The Big Stick' / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Like an explosion

Published Summer 2017

For Mark Christian Thompson, a new reading of Franz Kafka was spurred by a single word / Johns Hopkins Magazine

A woman sits at a work bench with her arms folded. There are adjustable lamps on all the workspaces, as well as various tools

Risk/Reward

A place to create delicate art

Published Summer 2017

Hopkins alum Shane Prada directs the Baltimore Jewelry Center, where she leads classes on making wearable art and beautiful jewelry / Johns Hopkins Magazine

A different lens

Published Summer 2017

Popscope's Audrey Buckland wants to bring Baltimore together with pop-up telescope nights / Johns Hopkins Magazine

A conversation with AAP's Elise Levine

Published Summer 2017

Author opens up about her process, her inspirations, and the one writer she recommends to everyone / Johns Hopkins Magazine

COMMENTARY

Establishment parties in U.S. and Europe 'imploding'

Published June 8, 2017

Erik Jones, an expert in European and Eurasian studies at SAIS, suggests traditional political parties are failing, cannot contain their fringe movements / The Cipher Brief