No Honor in Killing

A 38-year-old man in jail for killing his unmarried sister after finding out she had sexual relations with a man.

An interview with Jordan Times journalist and human rights activist, Rana Husseini, author of Murder in the Name of Honor.

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From Forced Evacuation to Liberal Education

Inside the “illegal” Qalawa internally displaced persons camp in Kurdistan, where 97 Iraqi families live amidst heaps of trash and human waste.

Complexities and Contradictions in Iraq

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A Hotbed of Hope

Against the backdrop of the Zagros Mountains in Kurdistan, boys attending a nearby wedding sneak off for an afternoon swim.

IDPS, Growing Pains, and Surveying the Environment in Kurdistan

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Banning the Burqa

A woman outside an NGO office in Paghman, Afganistan, waiting in a long line to register for aid.

An interview with gender and development expert, Lina Abirafeh, author of Gender and International Aid in Afghanistan: The Politics and Effects of Intervention (MacFarland, 2009).

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