Madeleine Schwartz
@mmschwartz.bsky.social
Editor at The Dial (@thedialmag.bsky.social), writer there and elsewhere
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The Dial is coming to London! Come and see us talk about how the world sees the U.S., next Tuesday at the Frontline Club
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Panel discussion: America in the Age of Trump
How are journalists abroad reacting to the United States in 2026?
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September 14, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The Dial is coming to London! Come and see us talk about how the world sees the U.S., next Tuesday at the Frontline Club
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“Over and over, in reading Daoud’s many responses to the legal cases, I noted how Arbane, her claims, her person, were absent from his view of the work he had done.”
For nearly a year, I've been talking with Saâda Arbane, a victim of terrorism during Algeria's Civil War. She confided in a psychiatrist about her childhood. In 2024, her psychiatrist's husband published a novel about a woman whose story resembled her own: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story?
The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle ha...
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2026 at 1:42 AM
“Over and over, in reading Daoud’s many responses to the legal cases, I noted how Arbane, her claims, her person, were absent from his view of the work he had done.”
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It feels like American dominance is coming to an end.
But how is this moment viewed around the world?
Host Jonathan Guyer is joined by @mmschwartz.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of @thedialmag.bsky.social, to reflect on perspectives from Canada, India, Palestine, and more.
But how is this moment viewed around the world?
Host Jonathan Guyer is joined by @mmschwartz.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of @thedialmag.bsky.social, to reflect on perspectives from Canada, India, Palestine, and more.
June 24, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It feels like American dominance is coming to an end.
But how is this moment viewed around the world?
Host Jonathan Guyer is joined by @mmschwartz.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of @thedialmag.bsky.social, to reflect on perspectives from Canada, India, Palestine, and more.
But how is this moment viewed around the world?
Host Jonathan Guyer is joined by @mmschwartz.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of @thedialmag.bsky.social, to reflect on perspectives from Canada, India, Palestine, and more.
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@bookshop.org supports local, independent bookstores and is providing free standard shipping today through June 26. Order "How We See It," our new essay collection that examines how the world is reacting to the changing politics in the US: bookshop.org/a/90971/9798...
How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump
The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump
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June 23, 2026 at 8:07 PM
@bookshop.org supports local, independent bookstores and is providing free standard shipping today through June 26. Order "How We See It," our new essay collection that examines how the world is reacting to the changing politics in the US: bookshop.org/a/90971/9798...
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“Classics is often criticized for being too obsessed with ‘great men’; in this case, the great man may have been a thief.” —@mmschwartz.bsky.social
Paper Trail | Madeleine Schwartz
The investigation into the origin of papyrus fragments that the owners of Hobby Lobby purchased from an Oxford scholar underscores papyrology’s long history of shady deals and ulterior motives.
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June 18, 2026 at 10:08 AM
“Classics is often criticized for being too obsessed with ‘great men’; in this case, the great man may have been a thief.” —@mmschwartz.bsky.social
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Madeleine Schwartz (@mmschwartz.bsky.social) on how a mysterious papyrus fragment, an Oxford don, and a prominent family of American evangelicals became embroiled in papyrology’s biggest scandal
Madeleine Schwartz (@mmschwartz.bsky.social)
Editor at The Dial (@thedialmag.bsky.social), writer there and elsewhere
mmschwartz.bsky.social
June 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Madeleine Schwartz (@mmschwartz.bsky.social) on how a mysterious papyrus fragment, an Oxford don, and a prominent family of American evangelicals became embroiled in papyrology’s biggest scandal
"How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump" is out today!
June 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump" is out today!
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Happy #PublicationDay to HOW WE SEE IT edited by The Dial w/ an introduction by Madeleine Schwartz
Twelve talented international journalists probe their home countries’ complex relationship with the United States—and how this has swerved under the new administration. https://ow.ly/2jWL50Z6n65
Twelve talented international journalists probe their home countries’ complex relationship with the United States—and how this has swerved under the new administration. https://ow.ly/2jWL50Z6n65
June 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Happy #PublicationDay to HOW WE SEE IT edited by The Dial w/ an introduction by Madeleine Schwartz
Twelve talented international journalists probe their home countries’ complex relationship with the United States—and how this has swerved under the new administration. https://ow.ly/2jWL50Z6n65
Twelve talented international journalists probe their home countries’ complex relationship with the United States—and how this has swerved under the new administration. https://ow.ly/2jWL50Z6n65
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Happy pub day! The Dial's first book "How We See It," a collection of 12 essays that examine how the world sees the U.S. in this political moment, comes out today. “To read this rich, subtle and moving anthology is to be reminded that it is often foreigners who understand us best," Adam Shatz says.
How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump
The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump
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June 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Happy pub day! The Dial's first book "How We See It," a collection of 12 essays that examine how the world sees the U.S. in this political moment, comes out today. “To read this rich, subtle and moving anthology is to be reminded that it is often foreigners who understand us best," Adam Shatz says.
For @nybooks.com, I wrote about my professor the (alleged) papyri thief, and the long history of papyrological misdeeds www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Paper Trail | Madeleine Schwartz
The investigation into the origin of papyrus fragments that the owners of Hobby Lobby purchased from an Oxford scholar underscores papyrology’s long history of shady deals and ulterior motives.
www.nybooks.com
June 8, 2026 at 11:01 PM
For @nybooks.com, I wrote about my professor the (alleged) papyri thief, and the long history of papyrological misdeeds www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Our 6/25 issue is now online, with @dchiasso.bsky.social on writing away from AI, Meghan O’Gieblyn on raising AI, Geoffrey Wheatcroft on Labour’s losses, @mmschwartz.bsky.social on the purloined papyrus, @fotoole.bsky.social on the president’s “greatness,” and much more.
June 25, 2026 Issue
Table of Contents
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June 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Our 6/25 issue is now online, with @dchiasso.bsky.social on writing away from AI, Meghan O’Gieblyn on raising AI, Geoffrey Wheatcroft on Labour’s losses, @mmschwartz.bsky.social on the purloined papyrus, @fotoole.bsky.social on the president’s “greatness,” and much more.
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Huge thanks to Eve Fairbanks & @mmschwartz.bsky.social for joining me on the @lawfaremedia.org podcast to discuss @thedialmag.bsky.social's "How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump"—an essay collection from journalists probing their home countries' relationships to the U.S.
May 26, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Huge thanks to Eve Fairbanks & @mmschwartz.bsky.social for joining me on the @lawfaremedia.org podcast to discuss @thedialmag.bsky.social's "How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump"—an essay collection from journalists probing their home countries' relationships to the U.S.
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The rest of the world is watching—and they have thoughts.
Eve Fairbanks and @mmschwartz.bsky.social join @tylermcbrien.com to discuss their new anthology on how journalists around the globe are making sense of Trump's America.
Eve Fairbanks and @mmschwartz.bsky.social join @tylermcbrien.com to discuss their new anthology on how journalists around the globe are making sense of Trump's America.
May 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The rest of the world is watching—and they have thoughts.
Eve Fairbanks and @mmschwartz.bsky.social join @tylermcbrien.com to discuss their new anthology on how journalists around the globe are making sense of Trump's America.
Eve Fairbanks and @mmschwartz.bsky.social join @tylermcbrien.com to discuss their new anthology on how journalists around the globe are making sense of Trump's America.
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Great to get “How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump” in my hands. I contributed the chapter on Canada. Huge thanks to the team at @thedialmag.bsky.social for the opportunity. There’s an amazing chapter on Ireland, too.
Check out the book here: www.thedial.world/how-we-see-it
Check out the book here: www.thedial.world/how-we-see-it
May 19, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Great to get “How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump” in my hands. I contributed the chapter on Canada. Huge thanks to the team at @thedialmag.bsky.social for the opportunity. There’s an amazing chapter on Ireland, too.
Check out the book here: www.thedial.world/how-we-see-it
Check out the book here: www.thedial.world/how-we-see-it
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This story is utterly mind-blowing and I encourage you to read it
‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story?
The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle ha...
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2026 at 12:26 PM
This story is utterly mind-blowing and I encourage you to read it
Emmanuel Grégoire has been elected mayor of Paris, a vindication of Anne Hidalgo's climate-focused legacy. “We won a cultural battle in Paris,” Grégoire told me in 2022. “The idea that our great cities of the world…are facing a major sustainability issue.” www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Bike Lane to the Élysée | Madeleine Schwartz
On a Wednesday evening in December, I took a tour of a parking garage that had been transformed into housing. It was located in the northeast of Paris, in
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March 23, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Emmanuel Grégoire has been elected mayor of Paris, a vindication of Anne Hidalgo's climate-focused legacy. “We won a cultural battle in Paris,” Grégoire told me in 2022. “The idea that our great cities of the world…are facing a major sustainability issue.” www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Growing up, Amanda Marton Ramaciotti knew that her mother was different from other mothers. She had schizophrenia. With her mother’s diagnosis came social stigma and fear. In an interview with The Dial, Marton Ramaciotti discusses what led her to explore the disease in her writing.
The Stigma of Schizophrenia — The Dial
A conversation with Amanda Marton Ramaciotti about exploring her mother’s schizophrenia it — as a journalist and a daughter.
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March 19, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Growing up, Amanda Marton Ramaciotti knew that her mother was different from other mothers. She had schizophrenia. With her mother’s diagnosis came social stigma and fear. In an interview with The Dial, Marton Ramaciotti discusses what led her to explore the disease in her writing.
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In Paris "socialist policy has not been accompanied by affordability. And in becoming a place that fulfills many people’s dreams, it’s also become a place in which it’s much harder to actually live."
Read @mmschwartz.bsky.social on Mayor Anne Hidalgo: dissentmagazine.org/article/city...
Read @mmschwartz.bsky.social on Mayor Anne Hidalgo: dissentmagazine.org/article/city...
City Limits - Dissent Magazine
Anne Hidalgo’s mayoralty illustrates the limits of local responses to national and international problems like housing and climate change. Without wider coordination, even the most successful mayor’s ...
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March 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
In Paris "socialist policy has not been accompanied by affordability. And in becoming a place that fulfills many people’s dreams, it’s also become a place in which it’s much harder to actually live."
Read @mmschwartz.bsky.social on Mayor Anne Hidalgo: dissentmagazine.org/article/city...
Read @mmschwartz.bsky.social on Mayor Anne Hidalgo: dissentmagazine.org/article/city...
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“Kamel Daoud’s defence has hinged on his persecution by the Algerian state. But what kind of behaviour can persecution justify?“
Do not miss this stunning Guardian long read by Madeleine Schwartz www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Do not miss this stunning Guardian long read by Madeleine Schwartz www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story?
The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle ha...
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:06 AM
“Kamel Daoud’s defence has hinged on his persecution by the Algerian state. But what kind of behaviour can persecution justify?“
Do not miss this stunning Guardian long read by Madeleine Schwartz www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Do not miss this stunning Guardian long read by Madeleine Schwartz www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
For nearly a year, I've been talking with Saâda Arbane, a victim of terrorism during Algeria's Civil War. She confided in a psychiatrist about her childhood. In 2024, her psychiatrist's husband published a novel about a woman whose story resembled her own: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story?
The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle ha...
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:39 PM
For nearly a year, I've been talking with Saâda Arbane, a victim of terrorism during Algeria's Civil War. She confided in a psychiatrist about her childhood. In 2024, her psychiatrist's husband published a novel about a woman whose story resembled her own: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
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“As world powers debate Gaza’s future...what will remain of its past?”—Madeleine Schwartz (@mmschwartz.bsky.social) on Gaza’s archaeological relics https://go.nybooks.com/46bM65P
Pieces of Gaza | Madeleine Schwartz
Until 2024, the objects on display in “Trésors sauvés de Gaza” (“Treasures Saved from Gaza”), an exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris that
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February 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM
“As world powers debate Gaza’s future...what will remain of its past?”—Madeleine Schwartz (@mmschwartz.bsky.social) on Gaza’s archaeological relics https://go.nybooks.com/46bM65P
Wahoo!
🎥One World Media Awards-Print Winner🎉
The True Price of Sportswear exposes abuse faced by female factory workers in Lesotho, from bullying to assault, and pressure to lie to inspectors.
📺Watch: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
The True Price of Sportswear exposes abuse faced by female factory workers in Lesotho, from bullying to assault, and pressure to lie to inspectors.
📺Watch: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
The True Price of Sportswear — The Dial
Workers at an athletic apparel factory in Lesotho that make clothes for Reebok, The Greg Norman Company, and others allege assault, humiliation, intimidation, and bullying.
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June 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Wahoo!
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🎥One World Media Awards-Print Winner🎉
The True Price of Sportswear exposes abuse faced by female factory workers in Lesotho, from bullying to assault, and pressure to lie to inspectors.
📺Watch: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
The True Price of Sportswear exposes abuse faced by female factory workers in Lesotho, from bullying to assault, and pressure to lie to inspectors.
📺Watch: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
The True Price of Sportswear — The Dial
Workers at an athletic apparel factory in Lesotho that make clothes for Reebok, The Greg Norman Company, and others allege assault, humiliation, intimidation, and bullying.
www.thedial.world
June 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🎥One World Media Awards-Print Winner🎉
The True Price of Sportswear exposes abuse faced by female factory workers in Lesotho, from bullying to assault, and pressure to lie to inspectors.
📺Watch: www.thedial.world/articles/new...
The True Price of Sportswear exposes abuse faced by female factory workers in Lesotho, from bullying to assault, and pressure to lie to inspectors.
📺Watch: www.thedial.world/articles/new...