David Rohde joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss his years as a reporter in Afghanistan, his seven months as a hostage in the tribal regions of Pakistan, and his thoughts about whether the United States can win the war on terror.
Dorothy Wickenden is a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her latest book is “The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights.”
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What It Takes to Give Palestinians a Voice
A new poll conducted during war in Gaza and escalating tensions in the West Bank allows Palestinians to tell the world what they want for their future.
By Robin Wright
News Desk
A Family Survives in Gaza, Barely
Mohamed Hwaihi and Ruba Al Kurd, both doctors, have had to balance their duty to patients and their desire to protect their children.
By Claire Porter Robbins
Under Review
“Martyr!” Plays Its Subject for Laughs but Is Also Deadly Serious
In his first novel, the Iranian American poet Kaveh Akbar asks whether our pain matters, and to whom, and how it might be made to matter more.
By Katy Waldman
A Reporter at Large
The Open-Air Prison for ISIS Supporters—and Victims
Since the Islamic State fell, tens of thousands of people—many of them children—have been herded into Al-Hol, a giant fenced-in camp in Syria, and effectively given life sentences.
By Anand Gopal