Abigail R. Esman
ARTICLES BY: Abigail R. Esman
Victim Jihad: The Strategy Behind the Jailed Terrorists’ Complaints
Saleh Abdeslam is angry. They weren't nice to him during his first trial in Brussels, in 2018, when he was found guilty of "attempted murder in...
Middle Eastern Women Demand to Be Set Free
She walked along Istanbul's Istiklal Caddesi, a bustling pedestrian thoroughfare lined with shops and restaurants, crowded with street performers, chestnut carts, and couples on a...
How Iran’s Hijab Protesters Are Fighting for Muslim Women Everywhere
Havva still remembers how it felt the first time she walked in public without a headscarf. "I felt powerful, she recalls now, nearly two decades...
Persecuted at Home, Iran’s Christian Converts Finding Europe’s Doors Closed
It was Hassan's brother-in-law who inspired him. "He said ... there is a treasure, there is a living God, Jesus Christ, and we are his...
Black Market Repatriation of ISIS Families Fosters New Threats
When Samir Azzuz was convicted of financing terrorism last month in the Netherlands, it was not the Dutch-Moroccan's first terrorism rodeo: in 2006, as a...
In Belgium, Jihadists, Guns, and (Drug) Money
Gunshots. Knifings. Cars being set aflame. All in broad daylight, all on the streets of Molenbeek. Molenbeek, Belgium, you may recall, was the Brussels neighborhood that...
Artists Under Fire: The BDS War Against Celebrities, Jews, and Israel
The announcement came just recently on social media: the folk band Big Thief would not be performing as scheduled in Tel Aviv. It was a...
American Guns; American Rage
Assault rifle bans. Red flag laws. Mental health support. Background checks. Locked schoolrooms. Armed teachers. Armed doctors. Armed clergy. Each a “solution” to America’s ghastly epidemic of gun violence. As if it...
Islamist Rise Puts Women at Risk in Turkey
For millions of women in Turkey, life has just become more dangerous. And that puts the future of the entire country at risk. At least one...
The Increasing Danger Facing Women in Turkey
There was Aylin Sozer in Istanbul, whose former boyfriend slit her throat and then burned her alive. There was 23-year-old Sule Cet, raped by her boss...
Getting Away with Murder: The Campaign to End Kuwait’s Honor Crimes Law
After her uncle raped her, after she'd discovered she was pregnant, after she had given birth to her uncle's child, after she'd returned home again,...
Dutch Consider Sending Funds to Terror-Linked NGOs
It was an inspired moment. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs had gathered to discuss next year's budget; and as they debated humanitarian issues in...
Europe’s Jewish Students Face Antisemitic Onslaught
If there were a survival handbook for Jewish students at the universities of Europe, it would probably begin with this: Tell no one that you're...
Iran’s Atrocious Human Rights Record Must Be Addressed Before New Nuclear Talks
There were days in a cramped, dark room. There were days and nights at Evin prison, with bright lights and interrogations and little or no...
