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Soccer and the Street in Istanbul When the police and protesters clashed around Istanbul’s Gezi park, an unlikely alliance of football rivals banded together. But will politics continue in the new league season?
Mobile Money in a Dusty Land Somaliland has embraced cell phone payments like few other countries. Can it SMS its way to an economic rebound?
A Black Panther Guide To Algiers In the early 1970s, Algeria’s dictatorial president offered a home to revolutionaries from all over the world. Perhaps the most famous recipient of his generosity was the Black Panther “Minister of Information,” Eldrige Cleaver.
Afghanistan United From dodging falling bullets to breaking bread with Afghanistan’s national soccer team, May Jeong has the complete story of the remarkable run of a beleaguered nation.
The Chairman of Melilla Migrants keep dying in Italy’s waters, but for true immigration dystopia, look no further than Spain’s barricaded enclave of Melilla.
The Far Post: Brazil 2014 Starts Now In the first of R&K’s World Cup dispatches with Sports Illustrated, Laurent Dubois talks about the global theater of soccer.