Domestic Violence

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

Aya Mansour

With the rise of the religious tide in the country, and the increase in corruption and political division, many Iraqis see no other way to solve their worldly issues than to visit the imams’ shrines, and pray …

Opinion

Torturing Children: Yet Another Face of Brutality in Syria

Carmen Kareem

Politics and patriarchy are strongly linked, especially in the Arab world. In Syria, the cruelty of the patriarchal system has increased as the Assad regime’s brutality worsened. Naturally, the weakest in society bear the brunt, as the recent abuse of Rahaf at the hands of her father illustrates.

Gender

Palestine: As Israa, so Rana was killed to “honor” family and clan

Linda Maher

Rana Al-Haddad has joined the long caravan of victims, whose families took away their right to live, as part of a culture that discriminates against women, and even enables killing them under the feeblest of pretexts.

Investigations

“Al-Fardous”: An Egyptian Military Ghetto With No Domestic Violence Protection

Reed Matar

The incidents of domestic violence leading to death are a common occurrence in Egypt, but two incidents that occurred inside a compound belonging to the military enforced a shield of silence.

Investigations

Nineveh, Iraq: What Has ‘Coronavirus’ Done to Us?

Nawzat Shamdeen

Suicide, unemployment, domestic violence and the abandonment of children..