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The Last of the Silk Weavers

Video produced during an IWPR workshop for young Syrian journalists held in Beirut, October 2009.

Damascus Coffee Shops Retain Traditional Charm

Despite the opening of western-style cafes in Damascus, the old coffee shops are still a favoured destination for those interested in the traditions of the old city.

Ship Builders Fear for Survival of Their Art

Video by produced during an IWPR workshop for young Syrian journalists held in Beirut, October 2009.

Baghdad's Poor See Hope in Election

In the capital, many of Iraq’s most vulnerable and impoverished citizens came out to vote in force.

Iranian women walk in front of the gate of Umayyad mosque, in Damascus, March 2010.

Falling Turnout Hints at Voter Disenchantment

Politicians’ broken promises blamed for significant drop in election participation.

Cost of Burial Plots Soars

Skyrocketing price of final resting place is a grave matter for Damascenes. By Hani Mawed (SB No. 96, 12-Mar-10)

Election Commission Role Attacked

But it insists its neutral, professional and will investigate all complaints thoroughly. By IWPR-trained reporters

An Iraqi soldier stands guard outside a polling station March 7 in Baghdad. A series of attacks killed at least 37 people on voting day, making the capital’s official 53 per cent turnout one of the lowest in Iraq. Photo by Metrography.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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