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Repairing US-Arab Relations

Journalists, businessmen and academics have a duty to reduce the dangerous gap between America's stated intentions in the Middle East and the Arab world's growing animosity.

Return of a Cleric

The eldest son of Sayyed Bahr al-Uluum observes the senior clergyman’s return to the holy city of Najaf, ending more than three decades of forced exile.

Iraqis Move to Stem Looting

Volunteer organizations are emerging to clamp down on local theft and violence, filling the security vacuum left by American troops.

Uncovering the Dead

A remarkable Iraqi volunteer group is helping families collect the remains of Saddam’s victims, and close a sad chapter in Iraqi history.

Anfal Victims Feel Forgotten

Tens of thousands of Kurds still languish in poverty and despair, 16 years after the Iraqi regime’s devastating campaign.

Samawah at Ease with Troops

Unlike other parts of the country, this southern Iraqi city is supportive of Coalition soldiers in its midst.

Tikrit Celebrates Saddam's Birthday

Old anthems heard again as people in president’s home town insist they have the right to honour their former leader.

Fallujah's Kurds Flee

A community displaced once before has to flee again to avoid being caught up in Baathist and Islamist resistance.

Fallujans Differ Over US Incursion

Many blame America for the fighting – but some point their fingers at foreign militants.

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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