How Inflation is Driving a New Wave of Malnutrition in Yemen, Nigeria

Niyi Oyedeji and Sahar Mohammed

Soaring prices of food in Yemen and Nigeria are predisposing more households to malnutrition as both countries face insurgency and weak local currency.

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Culture

Lebanon: Music as a Reflection of the Political Turmoil

Luka Baum
– Swiss Journalist
Investigations

Tripoli: At Home with the Man who Lost His Children in the “Death Boat”

Soheib Jawhar
– Lebanese Journalist
Opinion

Syria: When I Saw My Forcibly Disappeared Friend on YouTube

Malath Alzoubi
– Syrian Journalist
News

Egypt: Three Years in Prison to Preserve the Country’s Morals

Omar Salam
– Egyptian Journalist
Investigations

Egypt: A Killing, Koshari and the Long Night of Christians

Hani Mohamad
– Egyptian Journalist
Opinion

The BBC Offers 30 Minutes of Space for Assad Regime Propaganda

Adel Haddad
The already bleak prospects of the Syrian economy have worsened in recent months with the Lebanese crisis, the enactment of the Caesar Act and now the coronavirus pandemic. This paper examines their impact on the Syrian economy and the population at large.
Read more about it on the Arab Reform Initiative

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Opinion

Political Crisis in the Kurdistan Regional Government

Vicken Cheterian
There is a deepening political crisis in the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) – or the Kurdish autonomy in northern Iraq. Following the news from a distance, one would get alarmed that the crisis might go out of hand, fear that the crisis might even turn once again into inter-Kurdish conflict. How does the situation look from the ground?
Investigations

Iran: Protesters Caught Between Regime and Negligence of Big Tech

Isabella Crispino
While the Internet shutdowns plaguing Iran have been a staple method of the regime for the last decade, recent events reveal a more pressing fault line in moments of crisis: the role and responsibility of Big Tech.
Investigations

For Syrian Refugees, EU Citizenship ‘Ultimate Protection’ from Assad

Mahmoud Nafakh
In addition to freer travel, EU passports guarantee Syrians the highest protection against return to Syria and normalisation of Assad’s regime. However, while conditions and requirements for citizenship vary considerably in each EU member state, some Syrian refugees have to wait (much) longer than others.

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Investigations

The long long way towards the digital transformation of the public sector and the fight against corruption

KLEMITDAOUD
Clement Gibon and MJ Daoud
Investigations

Danish Double Standards: Clean, Renewable Energy in Their Country, Tainted Fuel Plants in Ours!

Hala Nouhad Nasreddine (Daraj), Florian Alabdi and Sandra Rasmussen (DanWatch)
This investigation is the result of the collaboration between Daraj and its Danish partner, DanWatch.
Investigations

Lebanon: The story of the Danish loan to a “Bassily” project … Berri’s contractor is one of the most prominent beneficiaries!

Hala Nasreddine
The loan is, unusually, absent from both the Danish and Lebanese databases – raising initial suspicion. When asked about this discrepancy, EKF claimed that the absence was a result of “human error”.

Opinion

Farrah Akbik

In absence there is greater presence

Palestine. Palestine. Palestine. Never to be silenced. Rest in peace Shereen Abu Aqhleh.
Malath Alzoubi

Syria: When I Saw My Forcibly Disappeared Friend on YouTube

Bassel would take me into Damascus’ side streets and alleys to “secret” restaurants and shops selling the best pies, sweets and shawarma. I would never have tasted them otherwise. He was arrested in 2013 and never heard from again. Until I saw him on YouTube…

Culture

Lebanon: Music as a Reflection of the Political Turmoil

Luka Baum
– Swiss Journalist

The Hunger Games: Worked to Death in Egypt

Moustapha Alaasar
– Egyptian Writer and Journalist

Children of Syria… Begging for Bread and Matches

Farrah Akbik
– Syrian Journalist

Living In a Country That Hates You

Nayla Rida
– Moroccan Journalist

Gender

Hail Sultana: On Drag as Art, Performance, and Expression 

Tracy Jawad
– Lebanese Journalist and Political Researcher

Lebanon: 9 Years Later, Yacoub’s Husband and Killer Finally Convicted

Maya El Ammar
– Lebanese Journalist

Climate Justice Requires Gender Justice: a Call to Action for Leaders in Lebanon This International Women’s Day 

Daraj Team

Iraq: The People and Their Problems are Left to the Shrines …

Aya Mansour
– Iraqi Journalist
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Be “Dangerous”, Not SilentMisogyny is rooted in our societies, both legally and culturally. “She’s Dangerous” chose to confront these issues with comedy…

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Ghalia Al Alwani is a Syrian academic living in Beirut, Lebanon. In this video she expresses how in the aftermath of the Beirut Port Explosion, like many of the youth that were still in the country, she has lost hope in any change. She explains that the corrupt ruling class in Lebanon don’t prioritize the youth, which is why many of them leave.

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