Investigations

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

KLEMITDAOUD

Clement Gibon and MJ Daoud

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.

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

Soheib Jawhar

In a city that has not seen electricity for a week, in which the water is cut off for long hours, which awakens to exorbitant price rises for basic goods, how can its people not seek to escape to countries that respect basic dignity and humanity?

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

Hani Mohamad

“The Christian nerve is the most inflamed in the Egyptian body, because the authorities have failed to integrate it into the Egyptian fabric.”

Jordanian Human Rights Defenders and Journalists Hacked with Pegasus Spyware

Mohammad Al-Maskiti – Bill Markzack

The devices of four Jordanian human rights defenders, lawyers, and journalists were hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware between August 2019 and December 2021. The targets include those working against corruption in Jordan.

Lebanon: Hezbollah’s Image is As Important as Weapons

Mariam Seifeddine

Ever since Hezbollah’s establishment in the early 1980s, the camera has always accompanied the gun. To Lebanon’s “Party of God,” visuals are as important as arms. In fact, its arms would not have had the power they have, were it not for the power of the image.

Syria: A Law Criminalizing Torture? Will the Assad Regime Punish Itself?

Carmen Kareem

Syrians will not feel reassured because of the new law criminalizing torture. The memory is still full of fear and screams. The new law will simply mean more brutality …

Mikati in Myanmar: Violating European Sanctions?

Ali Nour

The M1 Group’s recent deal to take over Telenor Myanmar raises some uncomfortable questions over the company’s relationship with the country’s military authorities and respect for human rights.

Yemen: Where is the God that my Mother calls Every Night?

Hind Al Aryani

Confronted with war, devastation and armed groups that rule in the name of religion, more and more young Yemenis are turning towards atheism.

Iraq: One Third of Marriages End in Divorce or Separation

Fadia Abd Al-Hamid Al-Tai

“Suddenly, there was a newfound openness. People entered the era of the Internet, satellite channels and smartphones. Iraqi women began looking at the experiences of women in other parts of the world and tried to construct a new modern image for themselves. But this ran into a wall of tribal structures and the general misunderstanding of religion that has been there for centuries.”