Alice Su

After ISIS, Iraq Is Still Broken

One year after the liberation of Mosul, distrust, fear, and a paralyzing sense of insecurity plague the country’s religious and ethnic minorities.

• Alice Su
• August 2, 2018

Confronting Horror at the Jordan-Syria Border

As the Assad regime declares victory in Daraa, Syrians fleeing his forces have been left stranded.

• Alice Su
• July 8, 2018

The Rise of Iraq's Young Secularists

On Facebook and in the cafés of decimated Mosul, they envision a country free from political Islam. Do they have a shot?

• Alice Su
• July 5, 2018

Jordan's 'Holy War on Dogs'

The fatwa to kill wasn’t real, but the consequences were.

• Alice Su
• November 27, 2017

Why Jordan is Deporting Syrian Refugees

“Maybe if we were killed, it’d be easier”

• Alice Su
• October 20, 2017

The Anger in Jordan's Streets

Protests in the country's capital are directed not only at Israel but also at the Jordanian government.

• Alice Su
• July 28, 2017

Why Germany's New Muslims Go to Mosque Less

Far from trying to “Islamicize” the country, some Syrian refugees find its version of Islam too conservative for their taste.

• Alice Su
• July 26, 2017

Lola and Her Tormentor

A reporter who covers domestic labor in the Middle East tells of the women who are exploited there, and the women who do the exploiting.

• Alice Su
• May 24, 2017

The Jordanian Airline Making Money Off the Laptop Ban

How trolling Trump became a marketing strategy

• Alice Su
• March 25, 2017

'Trump Is Speaking About Us Without Seeing Us'

Conversations with refugees

• Alice Su
• January 31, 2017

The Limits of Chinese Isolationism

Can a country doing business all over the world really avoid other peoples' politics?

• Alice Su
• October 17, 2016

'Look What Freedom Has Brought Us: Terrorism on the Beach'

Tunisia’s democratic success has generated a worrying byproduct: religious extremism.

• Alice Su
• June 29, 2015

The Boy Named Jihad: From the Ashes of the Arab Spring to the Battlefields of Syria

When pro-democracy protests failed, one Jordanian teen made a fateful decision: to fight for al-Qaeda.

• Alice Su
• June 19, 2015

‘Gaza Is Hell’

Desolation and destiny in a land in limbo

• Alice Su
• May 2, 2015

It Wasn't Their War

Whatever legitimacy the Islamic State had in Jordan was incinerated along with Muath al-Kaseasbeh's body.

• Alice Su
• February 5, 2015

Daily Life in the Shadow of ISIS

How Iraq's displaced people are coping with war and want

• Alice Su
• October 21, 2014

When Fleeing War Becomes Illegal

Palestinians escaping Syria are being turned away by neighboring states.

• Alice Su
• August 19, 2014

Jordan's Quiet Emergency

How much longer can the kingdom support a million refugees?

• Alice Su
• July 22, 2014

A Dispatch From the Counterterrorism Olympics

Is there value in a six-day warrior-fest in the middle of the Jordanian desert?

• Alice Su
• May 13, 2014

Saudi Arabia's King of YouTube

In a country where the music scene is largely underground, Alaa Wardi broadcasts his a cappella covers to millions around the world.

• Alice Su
• March 25, 2014