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We’re halfway through 2026! If you follow the news it may feel like it’s been a lot longer, but hopefully you can take a break to check out the most-read AN articles published so far this year.

Ten Things Anthropologists Can Learn from Creative Writing

By Nomi Stone & Ro Skelton

Curated Collection: Anthropology of Iran

Responding to State Terror in the US

By Carolyn Rouse, Jennifer Burrell, Amelia Frank-Vitale & Richard Wilson

How Zohran Mamdani Subverted America’s White Public Space with Uncles, Knafeh, and Arabic

By Deina Rabie

Anthropology’s Lost Library: A Repository for Unfinished Anthropological Writings

By Joshua D. Rubin

Issue: Defunded