Arab film directors tackle gender taboos on big screen
Award-winning short joins new cadre of Arab films busting taboos on LGBTQ+ issues
Call for entries to the 2022 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism
Named in honour of the late American war correspondent, the Awards recognise the courageous work of freelance journalists, local reporters and news fixers from around the world.
From Kazakhstan to Ethiopia, the growing internet shutdown
The economic cost of internet shutdowns around the world was $5.5 billion in 2021, a 36% increase on the previous year, say tech experts
Canada to resettle LGBT+ refugees, female Afghan judges
Canada will resettle an unspecified number of Afghans from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities next year following the Taliban taking control of the country.
Blackouts, financial meltdowns and a petrol crisis - the year Lebanon unravelled
In 2021, Lebanon’s financial meltdown turned two – and we learned what it means to see a country come undone.
As Beirutis face housing violations, award-winning NGO steps in
An award-winning nonprofit is monitoring housing rights violations across Lebanon, from evictions to abandoned properties
OPINION: Climate change means it’s time for a global security rethink
Mobilizing military might early to respond to rising drought, hunger and other climate threats could head off later conflicts and costs
In conservative Egypt, women seek low-cost ways to 'prove' virginity
For brides, a torn hymen can lead to shaming by relatives or in-laws. In the worst cases, it can motivate so-called honour killings
Climate change, COVID-19 and conflict drive 'alarming' rise in aid need
About 274 million people are expected to require humanitarian assistance next year - a 17% jump from 2020, and one aid agencies will struggle to handle, U.N. official say
OPINION: There’s still time for the United States to do the right thing in Afghanistan for LGBT+ people
America’s longest war may yet spawn an even longer humanitarian crisis.