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Comment: Just Living Day to Day

One Iraqi tries not to think too much about the past or the future.

Shia Parties Questioned Over Constitution

Rank and file members believe their political leaders should have followed the opinion of Ayatollah Sistani.

Baghdad's Disappearing Pavements

In the new economy, fast-sell merchants are crowding access to public space.

Islamic Activists Pressure Students

Teaching staff and students complain of harassment by groups trying to force narrow religious views on campus.

Controversial Shia Ritual Under Fire

Some Shia clerics are now recommending believers to donate their blood instead of shedding it in a ritual to commemorate the Imam Hussein.

Wave of Anger at Killing of Hamas Chief

Anti-Coalition Sunni heartland sees biggest protests, but Shia protestors also call for retribution.

US Policy Sets Back Arab Human Rights

The war in Iraq, and America's response to 9/11, have undermined human rights activists throughout the Middle East.

Planning for Reconstruction

After the destruction a historic opportunity beckons, but US plans to rebuild a post-Saddam Iraq are unclear.

The Fake Fatwa

Iraqi Shia reject the religious decree calling on Iraqis to defend the country, insisting that it has been issued under coercion from the regime.

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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