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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureKunduz to Kandahar: two explosions, one wounded communityIn Afghanistan, attacks on Shia worshippers escalate, bringing further trauma to a fractured society
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: NewsUK tells trapped Afghan interpreters to escape on their ownMinistry of Defence criticised for ‘morally indefensible’ suggestion that former embassy workers should make...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTunisia’s president has given himself unprecedented powers. How will he use them?Kais Saied has stressed his loyalty to ‘the suffering people’ – in his upcoming state budget we’ll find out if he meant it
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisDeadly clashes in Beirut show Lebanon is a country of no accountabilityAt least six killed and dozens injured in outbreak of heavy gunfire that will also create further obstacles to port...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDid democracy in Tunisia fail or did it never succeed?The appointment of the Arab world’s first woman prime minister in Tunisia cannot hide the country’s dismal economic...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureSeven years in camps: Life for the abandoned victims of ISMany thousands of displaced Yazidi survivors are still living in unbearable conditions in Iraq, with no foreseeable way out
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionEducating the host: It's not just refugees who need ‘integration’ programmesTeaching local hosts the experience of war and forced displacement would help to publicly challenge hate speech and...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureTo be an Afghan child worker in IranMore than a million Afghan children are trying to make their way in Iran. What could smooth the path for them?
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureIn search of a COVID-19 vaccine in YemenConspiracy theories, misinformation and Houthi refusals to vaccinate people in areas under their control mean that...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: InterviewCan art change the world? An interview with Hanan ToukanIn her new book, Toukan investigates the relationship between Western funding and contemporary art in Beirut, Amman...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureEscape from Kabul: a government official’s storyAn Afghan government official narrates the story of his escape from Kabul in the midst of the chaos surrounding the...
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionAre the fortunes of Turkey’s AKP on the wane?Turkey’s AKP represents one side of a deeply divided nation, but there are signs of shifts in the country’s...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureBefore Kabul, a Yemeni city was taken over by Al Qaeda. This is its storyFive years after its liberation, the city of Mukalla still suffers from the scars left by a year of darkness
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhy an IMF loan is not the solution to Lebanon’s economic crisisWith 82% of Lebanon’s population living in poverty, the country is in desperate need of political and economic reform
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisAs the West cuts aid lifelines, Afghanistan’s real crisis loomsThe world must take action now to prevent a deep and lasting humanitarian crisis. But what, if anything, can be done?
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureThe Afghan woman activist still determined to educate girlsWith the future of women’s rights and girls’ education in doubt under Afghanistan’s new Taliban regime, Zarlasht...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: NewsHow the West is failing Afghan women under threatThe evacuation effort has been patchy at best – but it’s not too late to step up assistance
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionAuthoritarian, corrupt, and more of the same. Lebanon has a new governmentThe challenge facing the country's new ministers is formidable – but at first look, it seems unlikely that they’ll...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDespite all the international attention, Afghan refugees are not welcomeNobody really knows what prospects await Afghan refugees when countries have yet to see human rights as rights for all humans
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureThe deadly legacy of 20 years of US 'War on Terror' in IraqThe occupation of Iraq drained the country’s resources and left a legacy of economic crisis, energy shortages,...