There is a disconnect between the current United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the climate-security crisis taking place there, which is being further exacerbated by a new land auction. By Sophie Jay Deforestation is an…
Author: Thanassis Cambanis
Safety of Multimedia Journalists Called Into Question
By Cinnamon Cornell Cindy Bae was standing outside a bar on New Year’s Eve in 2020, camera in hand, preparing to deliver a live report on television. A man turned to her and sneered four words that made her freeze.…
Lives Cut Short
Stories from the genocidal campaign against ethnic Hazaras in Afghanistan A poster with photos of 54 people, mostly students and girls from ethnic Hazara community, killed in the September 30, 2022 suicide attack on Kaaj in Kabul. Source: Freshta’s uncle…
Lost Decade for Syrian Activists
By Asaad Hanna March 15, 2011, marks the Syrian “Day of Rage,” triggered by the detention of children in Dara and inspired by the hopes unleashed in the Arab Spring. This was the day when protests began in Syria against…
Exile in America Brings Feelings Of Grief and Opportunity For Afghan Women
By Nazila Jamshidi Some Afghan women drastically reinvented their lives after the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001. They became journalists, thought leaders, business owners, and professors. This summer, many of them had to flee when the Taliban returned to power. Their…
Remembering a Palestine No Longer There
Published in NewLines Magazine. For Palestinian-Americans, nostalgia means longing for a home they’ll never know, and their parents can only dimly recall By Tariq Kenney-Shawa have only seen my father cry twice. The first time, I was eight years old,…
When the New Guy Came to Afghanistan
BY KYLE STARON MARCH 02, 2021 Published in Slate The New Guy seemed dazed as he toured the office with his predecessor. Tall and hunched, like a pro athlete five years into retirement, the New Guy looked too old to be…
Amma: A story about generational trauma, the honor system, and love
By S Zahra Fatima Shah The Amma I remember is small yet stout, old and grey, how grandmothers are described in books. I remember her as the distant mother to my father. The slightly acerbic mother-in-law to my mother. The…
Explainer: Can Online War Lead to Real War?
BY JENNIFER KELTZ In September, a drone attack crippled vital chokepoints in Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure. This attack, which the United States and Saudi Arabia blamed on Iran, is not an isolated incident: it occurred amidst rising tensions in a…
I AM BRAINWASHED (OR NOT): A MONOLOGUE
BY MINQI SONG Nov 15, 2019. I woke up at 6 a.m, and checked my phone as usual. The first message was from Julie, sent ten minutes earlier. Julie is a core leader of Education Without Barriers (EWB), an education…