IWPR Postcard

IWPR Postcard is a regular strand featuring colourful reportage from our editors and reporters about places they are based and have recently visited.


A market in downtown Amman. (Photo: Hubert Stoffels/Flickr)
21 Feb 12
Amman mixes secular and conservative identities.
Libyan embassy London, autumn 2011. (Photo: Gordon2208/Flickr)
3 Feb 12
New diplomatic staff tasked with rebuilding relations and recovering stolen state assets. Deputy mission chief Ahmed Gebreel talks about breaking with the Gaddafi regime.
Lod’s old town, with the Church of St George and a mosque beside it. (Photo: George Nikolaus/Flickr)
13 Jan 12
Lod is economically depressed, but that has not led to ethnic strife in this unusually mixed Israeli town.
Adhamiya now – bright lights reflect the revival in this Baghdad district’s fortunes. (Photo: Saif al-Qaysi)
16 Dec 11
IWPR editor takes a walk in a neighbour where he used to fear death or kidnapping.
Melanie (centre) and to the right Marie, wearing white, green and yellow top, on assignment in Kibua. (Photo: Tom Bradley)
18 Oct 11
Radio report by IWPR Congolese trainee elicits help for thousands of civilians uprooted by fighting in eastern DRC.
Oil-sector workers in Janaozen continue their sit-in. (Photo: Artur Nigmetov)
29 Sep 11
Four months after industrial action began, tensions still run high in Janaozen.
Protesters outside the Bahrain embassy in London. (Photo: Dominic Kavakeb)
21 Sep 11
They may be few, but protesters outside Bahraini embassy say their presence is vital.
The epic figure of Manas rides forward on Bishkek’s main square, providing what the authorities hope will be a symbol of national unity. (Photo: Dina Tokbaeva)
14 Sep 11
Authorities in continual search for new symbol of national identity.
Amir al-Shimmari spent 22 years entombed underground. (Photo: Emad al-Shara)
8 Sep 11
Despite trying to lead a normal life since 2003, Amir al-Shimmari remains scarred by years secluded in a cell he built himself.
Holiday homes near Lake Issykkul. (Photo: Almaz Rysaliev)
27 Aug 11
Tourist industry yet to recover from 2010 violence.