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Jun 27, 2016
In Greece, migrant women push for acceptance
Up a flight of stairs in an old Athens mansion, Mabel Francisca Mosana, a 51-year-old South African migrant,...
Jun 27, 2016
Women are ‘the first victims’ of economic instability
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May 27, 2016
‘Death waves us good morning through the windows’: Covering Syria five years on
Asma al-Assad’s right hand was soft and sweaty when I shook it five years ago. “It has been...
Mar 14, 2016
Five Years Later: Egypt’s Revolution Devours Its Children
CAIRO—It takes about 30 minutes to drive from the teeming Cairo neighborhood of Faisal to what locals call...
Jan 24, 2016
Seven women peacemakers who should be on your radar
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Nov 05, 2015
Lacking a supportive community, many LGBT people in Turkey live double lives
ISTANBUL, Turkey — A little before midnight on a blindingly blue, strobe-lit dance floor in Istanbul, a dark and...
Oct 30, 2015
What’s It Like to Be a Female Journalist in the Middle East?
This article was published in partnership with Cosmopolitan magazine. A version appears in GroundTruth's Field Guide for Correspondents....
Oct 30, 2015
Turkey’s Empire of Men
This article was published in partnership with Al Jazeera America. ANKARA, Turkey — On an ice-cold January morning in...
Oct 30, 2015
Silent History: A Turkish Narrative
The first-person narrative, as told to Lauren Bohn, was published in partnership with the New York Times magazine....
Oct 29, 2015
The making of a Syrian refugee celebrity chef — in Gaza
This article was published in partnership with PRI's The World and GroundTruth's 2015 Middle East fellow, Dalia Mortada...
Oct 29, 2015