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New Lease of life for Capital's Book Market

Book enthusiasts returns to legendary Al-Muttanbi street, two years after bombing.

First Person

Watermelons Replace Bombs on Road to Baghdad

Recent journey along infamous highway invites comparisons with edgier passage at height of insurgency.

Early Marriages Worry Azerbaijan Officials

Unscrupulous mullahs accused of marrying young girls whose health and education then suffer.

Women Learn to Mask Loss of Virginity

Cheap artificial hymen resolves social stigma in society that frowns on premarital sex.

First Person

Fear of Damascus Regime Stymies Protest

Recent minibus driver strike rare protest in country where majority daren’t consider collective action to improve their lives.

Bombing Atrocity Threatens Iraqi Elections

Concerns that violence could deter voters in upcoming polls come amid widespread anger at government’s security failings.

Iraq: Sept ‘09

IWPR Iraq producing human rights-focused television news magazine.

Fear of Police Curbs Armenian Dissent

Opposition say they are subjected to police persecution and their business supporters are intimidated.

Bid to Boost Consumer Spending Falls Flat

Syrians living on low wages deride government Eid bonus.

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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