Mara Wilson

The Trump Family’s Island of Dreams — The Dial A new resort on the remote Albanian island of Sazan promises “high-end luxury.”

1/ Jared Kushner is transforming a small island off the coast of Albania into a luxury resort. Marzio Mian visited Sazan and talked with Kushner, Kushner’s business associate Asher Abehsera, and the Albanian premier to learn more about the plans. www.thedial.world/articles/new...

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“The Shroud,” by Banu Mushtaq — The Dial A short story.

Congratulations to Banu Mushtaq for winning the International Booker Prize for "Heart Lamp"! Read a short story from the collection, with an introduction by translator Deepa Bhasthi, in The Dial: www.thedial.world/articles/lit...

21.05.2025 15:32 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Editors’ Note — The Dial Issue 28: Spectacle

Our May issue, Spectacle, examines the absurd & harmful things people do for attention, money & power. We’ll bring you a report from the last human zoo in France, an essay on why LinkedIn is so cringey, translated fiction about “dealings with the devil” & more: www.thedial.world/articles/iss...

06.05.2025 13:49 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Excited to announce that I've been shortlisted for the Public Discourse Award at the @europeanpressprize.bsky.social for my article Memory Machines, originally commissioned by @thedialmag.bsky.social

Honoured to be in such great company on the shortlist
www.europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/y...

10.04.2025 12:37 — 👍 40    🔁 13    💬 8    📌 0

Excellent photos from Greenland by Juliette Pavy

02.04.2025 17:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Emergency Mode in Geneva — The Dial President Donald Trump’s cuts to USAID have thrown the “capital of international development” into disarray.

1/ Donald Trump’s freeze of foreign aid has thrown Geneva into disarray. The city, home to 43 major international organizations, 750 non-governmental ones and some 32,000 international civil servants, has entered full emergency mode, Isabelle Mayault reports: www.thedial.world/articles/sta...

13.02.2025 17:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

The Dial The Dial is an online magazine of culture, politics, and ideas with a focus on locally sourced writing from around the world.

1/ Do you feel that? It’s like a lingering cold, or a pressing headache. A presence that shouldn’t be there. A force is bringing us back. But where exactly is it taking us? The pieces in this month’s issue look at ghosts of various kinds: www.thedial.world

04.02.2025 16:22 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Au Revoir! — The Dial What’s happening in France?

After France’s prime minister was ousted in a vote of no confidence on Wednesday, The Dial asked editor-in-chief (and France correspondent) @mmschwartz.bsky.social what’s next for the country: www.thedial.world/articles/sta...

05.12.2024 18:22 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

The Promise of Duolingo — The Dial The language-learning app won’t make you fluent, but maybe that’s not the point.

1/ Duolingo won’t make you fluent, but maybe that’s not the point. @imogenwk.bsky.social, an ambivalent user of the language learning app, challenges its critics to think more creatively about what Duolingo can do for its users. www.thedial.world/articles/new...

21.11.2024 19:23 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

We created The Dial in 2023 to make space for daring writing unconstrained by geography. We do not have staff writers. Rather each issue brings stories from writers on the ground, all over the world. Follow our contributors and editors here: go.bsky.app/LuyCLzJ

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The Dial - About

The Dial is a magazine of culture, politics and ideas with a focus on local writing from around the world. We publish journalism, essays, fiction and poetry from beyond the Anglosphere. Learn more, and sign up for our weekly newsletter here: www.thedial.world/about

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