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Outdoor Concerts? Uncovered Hair? Shimmying in Public? Is This Iran?
ByFarnaz Fassihi and Sanam Mahoozi December 1, 2025December 1, 2025

Young people across Iran have been leading a dramatic change in social mores in recent months. “We have a fearless young generation that is breaking taboos.”

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Can a Beach Really Be Evil? Ask the Sun-Seekers in Good Sahel.
ByVivian Yee, Rania Khaled and Fatma Fahmy October 23, 2025October 28, 2025

The sea looks the same. So does the sand. But in Egypt, two beach communities not far from each other have decidedly different ideas about fun.

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Iranian Wedding Video Plunges Top Official Into Scandal
ByFarnaz Fassihi October 20, 2025October 20, 2025

Rear Adm. Ali Shamkhani oversaw a brutal crackdown on women, but traditional notions of Islamic morality were little on display at his daughter’s wedding.

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al-Shara, Ahmed (Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) (1982- ) | Alcoholic Beverages | Assad, Bashar al- | Bars and Nightclubs | Beards and Mustaches | Damascus (Syria) | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Minorities | Mosques | Muslim Veiling | Muslims and Islam | Politics and Government | Syria

Clashing Visions of Syria’s Future Play Out in Ancient Alleys of Damascus
ByVivian Yee, Hwaida Saad and Nanna Heitmann August 11, 2025

Many in the capital worry that the secular freedoms they enjoyed under the Assad regime are under threat from the new Islamist government.

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al-Shara, Ahmed (Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) (1982- ) | Alcoholic Beverages | Assad, Bashar al- | Bars and Nightclubs | Beards and Mustaches | Damascus (Syria) | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Minorities | Mosques | Muslim Veiling | Muslims and Islam | Politics and Government | Syria

Clashing Visions of Syria’s Future Play Out in Ancient Alleys of Damascus
ByVivian Yee, Hwaida Saad and Nanna Heitmann August 11, 2025August 11, 2025

Many in the capital worry that the secular freedoms they enjoyed under the Assad regime are under threat from the new Islamist government.

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