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School Dropouts Tarnish Tripoli's Image

Children abandoning education has become an alarming phenomenon in the more disadvantaged neighbourhoods of Tripoli.

Marziyeh Abshari, a rare example of a woman who runs her own café, has to transport all the foodstuffs and fuel she needs by mule. (Photo: Azin Zanjani)

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Iran: Marziyeh's Mountain Café

Female restaurant-owner breaks mould in a business dominated by men.

The children of deceased insurgent fighters gather at the Malak al-Rahma (Angel of Mercy) NGO in Diyala. (Photo: Ali Mohammed)

Children of Iraqi Insurgents Face Uncertain Future

Unregistered children are denied citizenship, leaving them with no right to basic services.

Dots on Letters newsletter. (Photo: Susanne Fischer)

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Dots on Letters Newsletters and Workshops

First issue distributed in Tripoli, Sour, Baakline, Bikfaya, and Beirut suburbs.

Sanctions Pull Rug From Under Iran

United States bar on Persian carpets will hit Iranian weavers and traders hard.

Harassment of Iranian Opposition Leaders

Green Movement down but definitely not out.

Ma'dan boatsmen guide their slender wooden boat past a submerged Iraqi army tank in the Hor Saleel marshland area in Iraq's southern Basra province. (Photo: Ali Abu Iraq)

Ancient Way of Life Threatened

Ma’dan tribal leaders say they will resist impact of oil boom and urbanisation on their traditional culture.

Herat Poll Row Exposes Iran Tensions

Some candidates claim Iranians backed election hopefuls who would support Tehran’s interests.

Iranian Blogger Sentenced to Justify Regime's Coup Plot Claims

Hossein Derakhshan had hoped to return Iran safely, but hardliners arrested him and made him centrepiece of “coup plot” case.

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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