Dancing Up a Political Storm

After the release of videos this month showing Sanna Marin, the prime minister of Finland, dancing and posing with friends at a private gathering, some in Finland suggested that Ms. Marin had created a security risk by drinking alcohol, and called for a police investigation. The head of the opposition party pushed the 36-year-old prime…

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Exploring Spain’s Arab Influence

There is a way through Spain that is all horseshoe arches, keyhole windows and bronze doors carved in Arabic script. It meanders into crenelated forts, Moorish castles overlooking the Mediterranean and grand mosques reconfigured by Christians into cathedrals. As the child of an Iraqi woman and a Swedish-American man, I have always been drawn to…

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