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By Lisa Hajjar, author of The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against TortureI made my first trip to Guantánamo in July 2010 after years of researching the fight against US torture during the “war on terror.” At the time, Guantánamo’s well-deserved description as a “legal black hole” felt pe

UC Press is spotlighting books that provide context to the struggles and solidarity of women in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and beyond. These books delve into the histories of Muslim feminism past and present as their activism shapes not only the local but also the geopolitical in an uncertain fut

Afghanistan has a rich history of customary or traditional governance structures which have remained central to the lives of most citizens, who rely on these community-based bodies to resolve disputes, provide small-scale public goods and services, and to broker relations with local government. The

The United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in 2001. This nonstop warfare is far less exceptional than it might seem: the United States has been at war or has invaded other countries almost every year since independence. In his new book, The United States of Wa