I walk through the city with a surprising sense of belonging, and I see copies of my novel in the storefronts. My eyes catch the title, the “New Release,” my...

I know that Qamishli was my beginning—the first images I saw, the first things I experienced in life, my first football skills and personal relationships. And what the world wanted...

Thousands of miles from home, families from present-day Syria and Lebanon rebuilt their lives from scratch in far-flung places across Iowa, the Dakotas and elsewhere in the Midwestern United States....

Circassians first arrived in Syria in the 1800s, escaping Russian invaders in their homeland in the Caucasus Mountains. Since then, many have considered themselves “guests” in Syria, adhering to a...