by Amy Davidson, The New Yorker, USA – There is a tape recording somewhere, unless the Central Intelligence Agency has destroyed it, that captures the sound of a man named Nazar Ali crying. He was a prisoner in a secret C.I.A.…
by Amy Davidson, The New Yorker, USA – There is a tape recording somewhere, unless the Central Intelligence Agency has destroyed it, that captures the sound of a man named Nazar Ali crying. He was a prisoner in a secret C.I.A.…
by Fakiha Rasheed, Dawn, Pakistan – When Seema* delivered her child, the whole labour room fell silent. There was no sound of a baby crying, no attendants busying themselves with preparations. She looked around appealingly and all she could see were…
by M. Sophia Newman, Pacific Standard, USA – “It really doesn’t matter if you don’t like this song … what you have to do is buy this thing,” Bob Geldof said at a press conference for the re-release of Band…
by Mariette Le Roux, TicoTimes, Costa Rica –Ministers and the U.N. chief fly into Lima this week to bolster negotiators in a final push for consensus on key elements of a world pact to curb potentially disastrous global warming. With a…
by Nadine Elali, NOW, Lebanon – On Tuesday night last week, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that the body of Nisrine Rouhana had been found near Nahr Ibrahim River, in Mount Lebanon. Rouhana, 38 and mother of two, had been shot…
by Louise Redvers, IRIN, Kenya – Rates of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are rising faster in the Middle East and North Africa than anywhere else globally. As the world marks World AIDS Day, experts warn that cultural stigmatization and punitive legal…
by Gloria Schiavi, IPS, Italy – Not only do 805 million people go to bed hungry every day, with one-third of global food production (1.3 billion tons each year) being wasted, there is another scenario that reflects the nutrition paradox…
by Fabiola Pomareda, The Tico Times, Costa Rica – “This isn’t something new, in the sense that women have been victims of violence by men and society in general for many years. This violence now has moved into the digital world, and…
by Rebecca Fuhrman, The Jerusalem Post, Israel – We had been looking forward to a calm and quiet summer, the perfect backdrop for relaxation and healing for Israel’s victims of terrorism. We had planned our Youth Division Therapeutic Camp, Bereaved…
by Yasmina Hatem, Now., Lebanon– Every fall, schools across Lebanon open their doors for returning students, however Syrian children are missing out on education as the country’s overstretched public school system struggles to find space for the young refugees.Out of 355,000…
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