Civil War
Fleeing Civil War
War has raged in Sudan for more than a year with no end in sight. While millions are internally displaced and millions more have crossed the country’s borders in search of security, some have found safety in Kenya, where they are establishing new lives despite fears for their homeland.
A Barren Refuge
The Nuba Mountains are the theater of a separatist conflict and have long been one of the most perilous regions of Sudan. Yet with the outbreak of the country’s civil war last year, they became a haven for hundreds of thousands of refugees who now face famine on a vast scale.
The Meaning of the Midterms — with Robert Evans
“The thing that we couldn't have known was the degree to which voters were going to react against the power grabs that the right has made. And I'm happy to say that it does look like that's one of the stories from last night.”
New Film Shows Lebanese Civil War From a Classroom
In moments like Majd’s farewell, Mouaness reminds us that trauma comes later, that the students’ bewilderment at the events unfolding around them may someday be replaced by the pain of unresolved memories.
The Archivists of Lebanon’s Amnesia
The work of Khamissy, Hadla, and others fills a huge gap and is crucial for any form of genuine reconciliation and sustainable state-building in Lebanon, a fragmented country constantly on the brink. However, the country’s ruling class — its warlords and businessmen-turned-politicians and their cronies — aren’t too pleased.
Present at the Creation of the Syrian Revolution
Studying Arabic in Syria gave one student a first-hand perspective on the tensions and grievances of living in the country. But he could never have predicted how rapidly early protests would give way to a civil war.
It Felt Like Love
It felt like love, that initial part of the thawra. Like love, there was a total transformation of consciousness from the solitary I to the rapturous we, only here we was the people, al-shaab, al-shaab al-lubnani.