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Egypt dominates a viral thread of countries travelers swear they'll never revisit. Here's why — and what the defenders say.

How a border drawn with wax pencils in 1948 split Musrara's homes in two — and shaped the neighborhood that raised the Israeli Black Panthers.

The Aqua Virgo still pours into the Trevi Fountain. The Cloaca Maxima still drains central Rome. What keeps ancient infrastructure alive?

Netanyahu's quick UN trip sparks a bigger question: how do you actually measure a country's isolation? We build seven heuristics.

One in three new GitHub developers now comes from a country outside 2020's top ten. What that shift means for open source.

What "peripheria" really means in Israel — and why a $10B Intel fab sits in a town that still tops unemployment.

How Anna Delvey ran a four-year con on Word docs, AOL addresses, and a supermarket burner phone — and what Netflix got right.

What pan-Arabism actually claims, why it isn't the umma, and why 22 members can't stop sanctioning each other.

Sleeper trains, cargo ships, and vehicle relocation — the surprising alternatives to flying that already exist.