Schelden op Assad en huilen om verloren ledematen

AMMAN- In het ziekenhuis hangt een smerige lucht, een mengeling van antibacterieel spul en zweet. Ik kijk naar Ziad en zie dat hij zijn neus dichtknijpt. De vrouwelijke dokter die ons naar één van de ziekenhuiskamers begeleidt, laat de meest gruwelijke foto’s zien: foto’s van…

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Blast from the past for Egyptian dissidents

Written for Al Jazeera Cairo, Egypt – Omar Assaf was dragged from his house by a dozen armed Egyptian special forces at 2am. The 30-year-old financial analyst – a father of three young children – was hauled off to prison last month wearing only shorts…

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‘Angst in Damascus zat’

Geschreven voor De Tijd DAMASCUS-In Damascus werden de supermarkten afgelopen week leeg gekocht en zochten veel inwoners een veiliger onderkomen uit angst voor een Amerikaanse interventie. ‘Laat het snel voorbij zijn.’ Toen de VS de afgelopen dagen steeds luidere oorlogstaal uitsloegen, raakte Hanan Khalil (59)…

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Risks Increase to Cover Syria War

Written for Al Monitor  Amsterdam- As the battle against President Bashar al-Assad has attracted more extremist groups into Syria, the country now becomes one of the most dangerous places for journalists. Abductions have increased sharply this year. Western journalists think twice before covering the war, and…

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Egypt Loses Its Humanity In Military Campaign

Written for Al Monitor  CAIRO- Amr, 23, had to bury two of his cousins within a couple of days. They had gone to the Muslim Brotherhood protests to check on the bodies of relatives who had been shot during clashes. One of them was nowhere…

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Witnesses Recount Attack On Morsi Supporters

Written for Al-Monitor CAIRO — In the makeshift field hospital in the al-Raba’a Adawiya Mosque, people are running, crying and comforting each other. Men walk around wearing bloodied clothing, and women wipe brown spots off the floor. Dirty bandages, empty IV bags and other first aid…

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Egyptians Form Human Shields To Protect Female Protesters

Written for Al-Monitor CAIRO- As violence against women protesting in Tahrir Square grew, Egyptians were taking measures to provide safety for the female protesters. In one instance, males have formed a human shield around women, so that attackers cannot get close to them.

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Egyptian Women Brave Crowds to Protest Morsi

Written for Al-Monitor June CAIRO- 24-year-old Salma walks down the streets of Heliopolis, a neighborhood in Cairo where protests against President Mohammed Morsi are taking place on June 30. Like a lot of other women in Cairo, she had been assaulted when she took part…

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Verbonden door het oorlogsleed

Syrische vluchtelingen liefdevol opgevangen in Irak Geschreven voor het Algemeen Dagblad 25-05-2013 DUHOK- Miljoenen Syrische vluchtelingen leven in mensonterende omstandigheden in een van de buurlanden. In het Iraakse Domiz is alles anders. Geen krotjes, huilende kinderen of wanhopige ouders, maar lachende gezichten, keurige tentjes en…

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Kurds flee for Iraq as Syria war slogs on

Written for Al Jazeera  Duhok, Iraq – As Syria’s brutal civil war slogs on, some of the country’s ethnic Kurds have been fleeing the chaos and destruction and taking refuge across the border in Iraq. About 50,000 people live in the Domiz camp, located near…

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PKK mothers want to be reunited with children

  Written for Al Jazeera   Diyarbakir, Turkey – The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun the withdrawal of its fighters from Turkish territory. In the Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, many mothers lost their children during the fighting, and most are still living in the mountain camps. The…

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Geen feestje voor Egyptische jeugd

,, Twee jaar na de revolutie en niets bereikt.’’ CAIRO- Het moet een feestdag worden, 25 januari, maar jonge revolutionairen zien na twee jaar ellende geen enkele reden om blij te zijn. Economische achteruitgang, armoede en een regering die totaal niet bij hen past. Het…

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