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Published in: 50.50I'm a new wife in a foreign country, unable to go out and make friendsI was sent to Iran to be married. My family in Afghanistan ask me how Iranians treat me. How would I know? I’ve...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPoverty or virus? Lebanon’s uprising continues despite the pandemicDespite increasing protests, the coronavirus crisis remains a double-edged sword for the Lebanese uprising.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA Libya story: pandemic and human rights in times of conflictHow does a fragmented state fight a global pandemic?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat does it mean to be an urban refugee in Turkey during a pandemic?In Turkey most refugees are spread across urban centers and they are among the most impacted by the economic...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Turkey, Erdogan’s crackdown on Kurds takes no coronavirus breakIt is clear that Turkey’s Kurds can expect no respite during the coronavirus public health crisis.
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Published in: 50.50Stuck in a foreign land with no passport or workI support family in Ethiopia, have to pay my Lebanese sponsor who keeps my passport - and my cleaning work has...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn the Gulf, migrant workers fear for their futureBetween draconian migration laws and the continuing lockdowns, migrant workers in the Gulf are facing increasing uncertainty.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUS sanctions: collective punishment in the time of COVID-19The coronavirus outbreak exposes the fundamental inhumanity of US foreign policy in the Middle East.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFor Iran and the US, public health is a political weaponWith or without the US sanctions, the Iranian regime is neither capable nor interested in prioritizing the...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersFor Indian migrants in the Gulf it is a financial rather than a health crisisWhat awaits the millions of Indian migrants in the Gulf who lack much needed access to healthcare and financial security?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA call from North Africa: sovereignty over our land, food and destinyThe only solution before us is unity and solidarity in order to build a new world in which people’s sovereignty,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCoerced innovation: Gaza makes its own tools to fight against COVID-19Gaza’s engineers have been forced to confront the COVID-19 pandemic with ingenuity: building ventilators from scratch.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPalestinians in East Jerusalem: living under a deadly virus and a violent occupationThe coronavirus pandemic is revealing the ugly realities and the injustice of occupation which can no longer be ignored.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFighting COVID-19 in war-torn Libya: local initiatives might be the answerSuffering from war, a weak economy and a nearly non-existent healthcare system, how can Libya fight a pandemic?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyrian cinema: motion picture in the age of transformationThe image can be an act of resistance and testimony that helps to understand the origins and development of the...
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Published in: 50.50Alarm as 2 billion people have parliaments shut or limited by COVID-19Democracy groups warn of 'significant risks' to rights around the world as a growing number of parliaments shut down...
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Published in: HomeThe impact of COVID-19 is all down to inequalityCoronavirus must change the neoliberal rationale, and rescue the social contract between the welfare state and the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab world between a formidable virus and a repressive stateWhat does the coronavirus pandemic spell for democracy in the Arab world?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA call for sanity and tolerance in Iran at a time of national emergencyAn open letter to Iran’s head of judiciary and deputy leader of Iran’s council of experts, Hojat-ol Eslam Ebrahim Raissi.
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