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Ben Ali Conviction Euphoria Passes Quickly

Trial caught country’s attention but only served as a brief diversion from the faltering reform process and economy.

Palestinian Tactics Set to Change

Kurdish Media Freedoms Still Under Threat

Death of journalist and subsequent crackdown on press freedom have raised serious questions about claim that region is democratic model for rest of country.

Fatema Abuidrees. (Photo: IWPR)

Keeping Flame of Bahraini Activism Burning

As Manama turns the screws on opposition movement, one diaspora Bahraini says she's determined to maintain her online coverage of uprising despite death threats and slurs.

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Egypt's Christians Fear Post-Mubarak Era

Signs that many are preparing to flee country because of concerns over Islamic extremism.

A shopping street in Herat. (Photo: Isafmedia/US. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace)

Foreign Imports Killing Off Afghan Industry

Manufacturing sector struggles against flood of cheaper imports.

Syrian Refugees Describe Army Violence

Residents of Jisr a-Shughour who escaped to Turkey say civilians are being shot in the town.

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Moroccans Want Evolution Not Revolution

People do not have a problem with the king, but rather the pace of change within the establishment.

President Saleh has been under pressure to resign since January. This picture shows a protest in Sanaa in February. (Photo: Magnus Mansk/WikiCommons)

Yemen's Multiple Power Struggles

Opposition groups staging protests aren't the only groups that want President Saleh to go.

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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