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Sarah A. Topol

World

Is Taiwan Next?

In Taipei, young people like Nancy Tao Chen Ying watched as the Hong Kong protests were brutally extinguished. Now they wonder what’s in their future.

Sarah A. Topol New York Times Magazine Aug 2021 50min Permalink

World

Her Uighur Parents Were Model Chinese Citizens. It Didn’t Matter.

When Zulhumar Isaac’s parents disappeared amid a wave of detentions of ethnic minorities, she had to play a perilous game with the state to get them back.

Sarah A. Topol New York Times Magazine Jan 2020 50min Permalink

World

The Schoolteacher and the Genocide

He dreamed of educating the children in his village. But soon he learned that it was dangerous for the Rohingya to dream.

Sarah A. Topol New York Times Magazine Aug 2019 50min Permalink

Politics World

What Does Putin Really Want?

Russia is dead set on being a global power. But what looks like grand strategy is often improvisation—amid America’s retreat.

Sarah A. Topol The New York Times Magazine Jun 2019 30min Permalink

Crime

It Looked Like Another Kremlin Assassination. Was It?

"It is one thing for you to get a correct image, and it is another thing for me to spoil my life."

Sarah A. Topol The New York Times Magazine Feb 2019 30min Permalink

Best Article

The Boys From Baga

Boko Haram has abducted thousands of children and trained them as soldiers. Four survivors tell their story.

Sarah A. Topol New York Times Magazine Jun 2017 40min Permalink

World

The Bears Who Came to Town and Would Not Go Away

A dispatch from a Russian town under siege by hungry bears.

Sarah A. Topol Outside Jun 2016 20min Permalink

Science World

A Week In The Mysterious Sleeping Villages Of Kazakhstan

What is the sickness that leads inhabitants to sleep for days?

Sarah A. Topol Buzzfeed Jul 2015 35min Permalink

World

“If We Run and They Kill Us, So Be It. But We Have to Run Now.”

The Nigerian schoolgirls who escaped Boko Haram.

Sarah A. Topol Matter Oct 2014 Permalink