This essay is part of a special section, Dispatches from the Forever Wars, in our Spring 2026 issue. It is spring in Palestine, and Eid al-Fitr has just passed. It’s customary to buy new clothes for ...
Harrat Khaybar is likened to the “gates of hell” for a reason. The volcanic field, one of the largest in Saudi Arabia, stretches some 14,000 square km across the desert landscape, to the northeast of ...