Justin Marozzi

Successions in dictatorships, or in Iran’s case an oppressive theocracy, are fraught with danger

Three Worlds: Memoir of an Arab-Jew by Avi Shlaim reviewed

Delivering an ambulance to Bakhmut

Wonders and Rarities: The Marvelous Book That Traveled the World and Mapped the Cosmos by Travis Zadeh reviewed

Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said by Timothy Brennan reviewed