The Dial 5/22/25 The Dial 5/22/25

The Camera Becomes Secondary

A conversation with Natela Grigalashvili, whose photo essay on the traditions of a nomadic community in rural Georgia was published in our Spectacle issue.

Natela Grigalashvili 5/20/25 Natela Grigalashvili 5/20/25

The Last Nomads

In Georgia’s Adjara highlands, a traditional way of life is slowly disappearing.

Lily Meyer 5/20/25 Lily Meyer 5/20/25

The Six-Year-Old Who Explained the World

Mafalda, the Argentine comic strip heroine, took on war, dictatorship and her parents.

Christopher Clark 5/13/25 Christopher Clark 5/13/25

The Human Zoo

In the 1990s, a French theme park exhibited musicians from Côte d’Ivoire alongside exotic animals.

Irene Solà (Tr. Mara Faye Lethem) 5/13/25 Irene Solà (Tr. Mara Faye Lethem) 5/13/25

I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness

“She wanted to watch as Bernadeta was denied divine grace and salvation for having had so many dealings with the devil.”

Lynzy Billing 5/6/25 Lynzy Billing 5/6/25

Arrested and Rearrested

Since October 7, Palestinian women in the West Bank have experienced increasing intimidation, imprisonment and violence.

Lamorna Ash 5/6/25 Lamorna Ash 5/6/25

Partying With the Nuns

An Easter retreat at the only Catholic shrine in Britain.

Rasha Alqasim (Tr. Sara Elkamel) 5/6/25 Rasha Alqasim (Tr. Sara Elkamel) 5/6/25

Things Unrelated to Loneliness

“All these spoons, / For who?”

The Dial 5/6/25 The Dial 5/6/25

Editors’ Note

Issue 28: Spectacle

Jessi Jezewska Stevens 4/24/25 Jessi Jezewska Stevens 4/24/25

Safe Space

Why does Switzerland have so many bunkers?

Mohamed Kheir (Tr. Robin Moger) 4/24/25 Mohamed Kheir (Tr. Robin Moger) 4/24/25

Sleep Phase

“Even as he climbed, he knew what he would see and refused to believe it until there it was before him.”

Emily Fishbein, Hpan Ja Brang, & JC 4/17/25 Emily Fishbein, Hpan Ja Brang, & JC 4/17/25

Scrolling to Revolution

The youth joining Myanmar’s anti-junta uprising.

Karim Kattan (Tr. Jeffrey Zuckerman) 4/15/25 Karim Kattan (Tr. Jeffrey Zuckerman) 4/15/25

Salt Air

“He studied the sea, as if sizing up an enemy.”

The Dial 4/10/25 The Dial 4/10/25

The Messiness of Foreign Aid

A conversation with Mara Kardas-Nelson, who wrote about the boom-and-bust cycle of foreign aid in Sierra Leone for our Promises issue.

Mara Kardas-Nelson 4/8/25 Mara Kardas-Nelson 4/8/25

Boom and Bust

How Sierra Leone lost faith in foreign aid.

Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (Tr. Elettra Pauletto) 4/3/25 Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (Tr. Elettra Pauletto) 4/3/25