This is a story unlike any we have previously
published. It is much longer than the typical New York Times Magazine
feature story; in print, it occupies an entire issue. The product of
some 18 months of reporting, it tells the story of the catastrophe that
has fractured the Arab world since the invasion of Iraq 13 years ago,
leading to the rise of ISIS and the global refugee crisis. The geography
of this catastrophe is broad and its causes are many, but its
consequences — war and uncertainty throughout the world — are familiar
to us all. Scott Anderson’s story gives the reader a visceral sense of
how it all unfolded, through the eyes of six characters in Egypt, Libya,
Syria, Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. Accompanying Anderson’s text are 10
portfolios by the photographer Paolo Pellegrin, drawn from his extensive
travels across the region over the last 14 years, as well as a landmark
virtual-reality experience that embeds the viewer with the Iraqi
fighting forces during the battle to retake Falluja.
It is unprecedented for us to focus so much energy
and attention on a single story, and to ask our readers to do the same.
We would not do so were we not convinced that what follows is one of
the most clear-eyed, powerful and human explanations of what has gone
wrong in this region that you will ever read. readmore
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