Ten years on the religion beat, filed from three continents
118 articles for Nezavisimaya Gazeta between 2011 and 2021 — the paper that gave me my first full-time job, my best friendships, and the beat I still keep. Originally written in Russian; English translations available on request.
Ask for these first
The Moluccas war witnesses · the Jewish community of Indonesia · Arundhati Roy · polygamy in Soviet Central Asia · political Islam after 2014
2021
- 01/19A Nation Spirited AwayStyle desk · national memory
2020
- 12/01Pious Lefties at the Forefront of American PoliticsThe religious left in the 2020 campaign
- 11/17
- 11/17
- 10/20
- 09/15
- 07/14“Fascism and Casteism Are Cousins”Interview with Arundhati Roy
- 06/25How US Legislation Turns Black People into Second-Class CitizensReview · The New Jim Crow
- 06/02Massacre on Paradise IslandsReported from the Moluccas
Selected earlier filings
- 2018Faith, politics and the long afterlife of empire
- 2017The believers rebuilding after the Moluccas war
The full archive is available as a list on request. Most pieces were originally filed in Russian; selected translations and clips can be supplied for editors.