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Graeme Wood

Graeme Wood

Graeme Wood is an Atlantic contributing editor. His personal site is gcaw.net.

Issue January 2012

Freed Press

Our correspondent teaches Libya’s budding reporters the ABC’s of ethics and objectivity—with mixed results.… More »

Issue November 2011

Terrence Malick

An enigmatic filmmaker manages to confound and thrill his fans in equal measure… More »

Issue November 2011

Wael Ghonim

An unlikely revolutionary sparks a monumental uprising with the click of a mouse… More »

In Cairo, Two Faces of Tahrir

In Cairo, Two Faces of Tahrir

Last night, the city saw two autonomous sets of protesters: one dark, violent, and uncertain; the other light, peaceful, and committed… More »

Issue May 2011

Running the Asylum

A schizophrenic tries to save the mentally ill in Pakistan, a land gone mad.… More »

Issue April 2011

Secret Fears of the Super-Rich

Does great wealth bring fulfillment? An ambitious study by Boston College suggests not. For the first time, researchers prompted the very rich—people with fortunes in excess of $25 million—to speak candidly about their lives. The result is a surprising litany of anxieties: their sense of isolation, their worries about work and love, and most of all, their fears for their children.… More »

With Mubarak Gone, Will Egypt's Revolutionaries Divide?

With Mubarak Gone, Will Egypt's Revolutionaries Divide?

The protests unified the opposition, but every uprising has its moderates and its radicals… More »

'We Are Egyptians: Hold Up Your Head!'

'We Are Egyptians: Hold Up Your Head!'

Celebration and national pride overwhelm the Egyptian capital… More »

'Go Away!' Rage in Tahrir Square Against Mubarak's Speech

'Go Away!' Rage in Tahrir Square Against Mubarak's Speech

The crowd came expecting to celebrate victory but dispersed furious and defiant, as Egypt's president refuses to step down… More »

The Egyptian Revolution's Coming Second Act

The Egyptian Revolution's Coming Second Act

It's now on the protest movement either to take meaningful new steps or risk becoming little more than a carnival… More »

Mistrust Spreads Among Egypt's Protesters: A Day and Night in Tahrir

Mistrust Spreads Among Egypt's Protesters: A Day and Night in Tahrir

As circumstances on the ground shift less rapidly, the protest movement now faces subtler threats, with dissent and subversion becoming major preoccupations… More »

Reenergized Protesters Ready to Keep Fighting Off Attacks in Tahrir Square

Reenergized Protesters Ready to Keep Fighting Off Attacks in Tahrir Square

With Mubarak's supporters bearing down for another round of assaults, demonstrators have found new strength in singing, dancing, and prayer… More »

Why I Was Dragged Through the Street by an Egyptian Mob

Why I Was Dragged Through the Street by an Egyptian Mob

As the regime plays up the supposed role of "foreign agendas" behind the protests, Mubarak supporters' attacks become more indiscriminate… More »

'It Erupted Into a Full-Scale Medieval Battle': Interview From Cairo

'It Erupted Into a Full-Scale Medieval Battle': Interview From Cairo

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell interviews Wood on Wednesday evening, early Thursday morning in Egypt… More »

Order vs. Chaos on the Streets of Cairo

Order vs. Chaos on the Streets of Cairo

Regular Egyptians will soon face a choice: help Mubarak or help the demonstrators?… More »

The Battle in Cairo's Tahrir Square

The Battle in Cairo's Tahrir Square

A first-hand account from our correspondent on the scene in Egypt… More »

Shut Up and Sing: Sting Edition

Shut Up and Sing: Sting Edition

How I forgot to ask Sting about his bad lyrics and tarnished human rights record… More »

Grope Away

Grope Away

The point is to be publicly robbed of dignity, in a way that draws attention to policies and registers a public protest against them… More »

Into the Psyche of Eustace Mullins

Into the Psyche of Eustace Mullins

Visiting Ezra Pound's sole autobiographer reveals the madness and insight of an anti-Semite… More »

Issue September 2010

Prison Without Walls

Incarceration in America is a failure by almost any measure. But what if the prisons could be turned inside out, with convicts released into society under constant electronic surveillance? Radical though it may seem, early experiments suggest that such a science-fiction scenario might cut crime, reduce costs, and even prove more just.… More »

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