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Oversimplifying Syria

Revolution is a struggle to dislodge the Assad regime, not the internecine conflict it is sometimes portrayed as.

Tunis Police Move in on US Embassy Invaders

Footage of police and demonstrators clashing at US embassy.

Black smoke billows out of the US embassy grounds. (Photo: Jadal News/jadal.tn)

Unrest in Tunis – Pictures

Images of September 14 violent protest at US embassy.

US Embassy Attack in Tunis

Police disperse crowd after embassy invasion and violent clashes..

Women's Day in Tunisia

As the debate over Islam and democracy continues to dominate the political scene in Tunisia, many are worried that Islamist rhetoric will compromise the progress of women’s rights.

Protest against power outages in Basra. (Photo: Abu Iraq)

Iraqi Government Acts to Defuse Power-Cut Rage

Electricity shortages happen everywhere in Iraq, but cause angry scenes in the boiling temperatures of the south.

Mali Case Throws Spotlight on ICC Budget Constraints

Observers question international court’s ability to take on fresh cases as funding pressures mount.

IWPR Credited With Prompting Iraqi Schoolbook Revision

Article on divisive content of textbooks on Islam got education officials working on something both faith communities could live with.

IWPR classes on marketing and photography, Baghdad, June 2012. (Photo: Haider Khuder)

IWPR Iraq Boosts Women's Media Skills

Participants study marketing and photography in preparation for female-run advertising agency.

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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