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Egyptian Copts See Bleak Future

Community has long borne the brunt of systematic discrimination, but now face violence from Islamic extremists.

Yemeni Women Burn Veils in Protest

Demonstration in Sanaa highlights role of female activists in ongoing uprising.

IWPR Insight

Syria: How Far Has Uprising Spread?

First Person

Yemeni Journalists Targeted by Regime

Exiled journalist describes the threats and intimidation directed against the local press.

Participants in IWPR-organised photography workshop learn how to use camcorders. (Photo: IWPR)

Iraq: Aug/Sept '11

Scheme aimed at improving women's prospects in advertising and design begins with Baghdad photography workshop.

Interview

Libya's Diverse Islamists Seek Political Role

From moderates to radical jihadists, Islamic groups need to buy into democratic process, leading analyst says.

First Person

Gaddafi Death "Wipes Slate Clean"

Exultant Libyans say they feel reborn following the killing of Gaddafi who for so long cast a dark shadow over so many of his people.

Participants in IWPR-organised photography workshop learn how to use camcorders. (Photo: IWPR)

Iraqi Ad Agency Project Underway

Scheme aimed at improving women's prospects in advertising and design begins with Baghdad photography workshop.

Expectations Rise Ahead of Tunisia Vote

With many Tunisians still undecided, campaigning reaches fever pitch in run-up to Arab Spring’s first election.

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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