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Writers

Amos Barshad

Tech World

Inside Israel’s Lucrative — and Secretive — Cybersurveillance Industry

The country’s hacking software is recognized the world over. Not everyone thinks it’s a good thing.

Amos Barshad Rest of World Mar 2021 Permalink

Sports

Queen of Darts

Inside the world of competitive darts.

Amos Barshad Victory Journal Aug 2019 15min Permalink

Movies & TV

Enlisting an Audience

How Hollywood peddles propaganda.

Amos Barshad The Outline Mar 2018 10min Permalink

Religion

Sacred Architecture

A religious order funded largely by the founder of the Cheesecake Factory announced plans to build a temple in a small California town. The town wasn’t thrilled.

Amos Barshad The Fader Jul 2017 25min Permalink

Music

The Pop Star of Jihad

The story of Deso Dogg, a German rapper-turned-ISIS propagandist who may or may not have been killed in an airstrike.

Amos Barshad The Fader Aug 2016 Permalink

Crime Sports

Why Are the Soccer Hooligans of Argentina Killing Each Other?

In the city of Rosario, some fans have evolved into a mafia with an illicit cash flow and a stable of hit men. A look inside their homicidal turf war.

Amos Barshad The Fader Jun 2016 25min Permalink

Music

Who Do You Trust?

How 23-year-old Metro Boomin became every rapper’s favorite producer.

Amos Barshad The Fader Apr 2016 20min Permalink

Arts Music

Our Band Should Not Be Your Life

On the road with Quarterbacks, a young band at the bottom of the music industry.

Amos Barshad The Fader Jan 2016 15min Permalink

Arts Business

Jerry Heller Expresses Himself

Catching up with N.W.A’s controversial former manager.

Amos Barshad Grantland Aug 2015 15min Permalink

Arts Music

Blur Lines

The ups and downs of a beloved British pop band.

Amos Barshad Grantland May 2015 15min Permalink

Arts

David Simon Does Not Care What You Think Is Cool About His TV Shows

On the set of ‘Show Me a Hero,’ his new HBO miniseries, Simon is as impassioned, cantankerous, and uncompromising as ever.

Amos Barshad Grantland Jan 2015 15min Permalink

Sex World

The World Cup of Dirty Dreams

Behind the doors of Centaurus, Rio’s most infamous brothel.

Amos Barshad Rolling Stone Jun 2014 25min Permalink

Arts Music

Wu-Tang, Atomically

How the group’s 10 members live today.

Amos Barshad Grantland Mar 2014 40min Permalink

Sports World

How Soccer Explains Israel

In February, Jerusalem’s FC Beitar, the only soccer team in the Israeli Premier League to have never signed an Arab player, signed two Chechnyan Muslims, sparking national controversy and pitting the organization against their ultras fan club La Familia.

Amos Barshad Grantland Mar 2013 30min Permalink

Arts Music

Rude Boys

The birth of the Beastie Boys—an oral history on the 25th anniversary of Licensed to Ill.

Amos Barshad New York Apr 2011 20min Permalink