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Power-games, unwelcome parasites, and the rise of middle classes in the Muslim world.

Power-games with languages, unwelcome guests inside our bodies and the rise of the middle classes in the Muslim world.

South African novelist Andre Brink on power-games with languages. 
Unwelcome guests inside our bodies, with American biologist Eugene Kaplan. 
And American-Iranian scholar Vali Nasr on the rise of the 'critical middle' in the Muslim world .

Illustration by Emily Kasriel.

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