When asked in 2010 by a New York psychologist what he missed most about his life before captivity, Omar Khadr, the youngest prisoner in Guantánamo (he was sent there at 15 years old) replied: “Being ...

Ahmad Al Shayea grew up in Saudi Arabia in a middle-class family and dropped out of high school to join a local gang. Abdullah Al-Gilani fell in love with a girl who eventually married someone else.

With weeks to go before the 2024 election, experts in extremism and political violence are issuing warnings to families who see loved ones gravitating toward extreme ideology. “The first thing you ...