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radicalization

A surfer falls from his board while riding after sunset in Cardiff, California.

The radicalization of a surfer dude

July 20, 2017Books

Laleh Khadivi’s new novel chronicles the transformation of a lackadaisical, college-bound Californian into a soldier for militant Islam.

A conservative Saudi Arabian cleric has said women who drive risk damaging their ovaries and bearing children with clinical problems

Meet the Saudi woman who ignited a firestorm when she got behind the wheel

June 14, 2017Books
Usama Hasan

Hundreds of Britons, including the man who killed James Foley, are fighting for ISIS

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