The Kremlin has resorted to obfuscating the past in the name of national reconciliation.
The first article in this two-part series traces the formation of nationalism in Jordan as both a pan-Arab identity and a relationship between Arabs and family rulers.
Seventy years after their horrific mass deportation by Stalin, the Kalmyk people still live with its traumas. RU
Roma remain one of Europe’s — and Russia’s — most marginalised communities. But in the 1930s, the USSR considered creating for the Roma their very own republic.
From one man’s search for his ancestor’s executioners to Holocaust dances – here’s how Russia learns to forget. Русский
Post-Soviet people have spent two decades mourning a society that never existed. Русский
A new film opens up the horrors of the Second World War, but will it enable reconciliation?
To this day, Lenin lies in state on Red Square. There’s still space in the mausoleum for more modern heroes – and their ideas. Русский
التيار الديموقراطي في مصر كان تياراً عابراً محدوداً وُلد في ظرف معين وانتهي سريعا. وإنشاء تيار ديموقراطي قوي في مصر لن يتم سوي بإبعاد المفاهيم الخاطئة عن الماضي. English
For Georgians, this Soviet commemoration doesn’t just bring up the past — it brings up the present too.
Russia is gearing up for the centennial of its October Revolution, and Ireland has just commemorated the centenary of its Easter Rising. Would their leaders recognise their countries today? Русский
