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Middle East & North Africa

Journalists trained by IWPR produce news, analysis, and comment pieces on the issues that affect their countries and communities.

Global Voices

Syrian kids playing in a street. (Photo: Syria Stories)
27 Feb 18
The brutal consequences of not meeting society's expectations.
Syrian boy smoking. (Photo: Syria Stories)
26 Feb 18
Parents and educators warn that stress and family breakdown are the main factors.
(Photo: Syria Stories)
23 Jan 18
An ordinary teenager, doomed to the fate of a social outcast.
20 Dec 17
Staff and users defy bomb damage to continue their activities.
Manar Al-Zybaidi, IWPR trainee who started the campaign to improve negative attitudes towards Iraq’s gypsy community. (Still from video by IWPR)
Project Highlight
11 Dec 17
How one woman was inspired to make a difference.
Avan Jaff, Iraqi Kurdish journalist and an IWPR trainee. (Photo: Courtesy of Safin Hamid for IWPR.)
4 Dec 17
How one activist is using social media to inspire change.
Video
23 Nov 17
A peace workshop defies conservative local attitudes.
A woman walking through the Saif al-Dawla neighbourhood. (Photo: Hussam Kuwaifatiah)
17 Nov 17
A young woman's dreams are shattered by the war.
A paramedic examines a child at the Syrian civil defence centre in Maarrat al-Nu'man. (Photo: IWPR)
26 Oct 17
Defying social prejudice to serve in the civil defence.
Construction site on Hass mountain. (Photo: Reem al-Issa)
25 Oct 17
How a local council is aiming to solve territorial disputes.

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Moslawi traditional band playing music from the 19th century. (Photo: IWPR)
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