‘I cannot carry all of this alone’: the couples kept apart by the war in Gaza Families have been scattered, fathers separated from their children, and couples unable to reunite and marry The Guardian - UK · Oct 17
‘Microsoft powered genocide for 994 days’: Employee quits in dramatic resignation email, sends 'unhappy email' to thousands of company's employees. Here's what he wrote A Microsoft employee in Italy has resigned, alleging the tech giant fuels Israel's military actions in Gaza. His farewell email claims Microsoft's data centers and cloud services have "powered the genocide of our people in Palestine" for nearly three years. The employee cites reports of Israeli intelligence using Microsoft's Azure… The Economic Times · Jun 30
Video games are helping players imagine the realities of climate migration While many people migrate because of social and economic inequalities, forced migration is caused by political conflicts, lack of access to food, and – increasingly – a lack of access to water. The Conversation · Jun 29
‘The one toy I took from my war torn home’: Plight of the 400,000 children displaced by Israel’s war on Lebanon IN FOCUS: Around 400,000 children have been displaced in Lebanon due to Israel’s bombardment and invasion. As a shaky ceasefire is extended for 45 days, they show the toys they brought with them, and share their dreams to one day return home. Alex Croft reports The Independent UK · May 23
Cape Fever: a haunting new novel from award-winning South African writer Nadia Davids There’s a line in Cape Fever, the new book by award-winning South African novelist and playwright Nadia Davids, that doesn’t just establish the story, it also makes a haunting promise: The Conversation · Apr 4
Gaza’s children needed a ceasefire. Now they desperately need the aid that will keep them alive The youngest and most vulnerable have suffered extreme mental and physical trauma. We can help – but we must be granted immediate access, says Alison Griffin of Save the Children UK The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2025
Alawites flee homes in Damascus suburb after threats from armed group Residents in the al-Sumaria neighbourhood Euronews spoke to say the Syrian government has done little to protect them. Euronews · Sep 2, 2025
Film documenting Palestinian boy born in Israeli prison to tour Scotland A PALESTINIAN filmmaker is set to take his documentary about a boy born in an Israeli prison on a tour of Scotland. The National (Scotland) · Apr 19, 2025
‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian civilians coming home to catastrophe Alaa Abu Zeid only discovered his wife and children had been killed after his release from an Israeli prison. His is a story repeated across Gaza The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2025
Deep pain in a beautiful West Bank home: The Arrabis’ dead sons Israeli soldiers killed one brother after another. Eventually all three were laid to rest beside their father. Al Jazeera · Oct 15, 2024
Pushing Buttons: Nour is more food art than video game – and it’s a deliciously surreal treat In this week’s newsletter: Unconcerned with things like enemies or objectives, this experimental game is chaotic yet oddly soothing The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2023
‘The people don’t want us’: inside a camp for Iraqis returned from Syrian detention Exclusive: As Iraq steps up transfers from al-Hawl, interviews with returnees raise questions over a process mired in complexities The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2023
‘Save You’: Online platform helps French expatriates who are victims of domestic violence To mark International Women's Day on May 8, FRANCE 24 looks at an online platform dedicated to helping expatriate French women who are victims of domestic violence. Seeking help can be more difficult when women are living abroad with their abusers and are cut off from a support system of… France 24 · Mar 8, 2023
‘Where are they?’ Anger in north-west Syria at slow earthquake response Survivors in Jindires feel forgotten by the world, and have particular scorn for UN’s dealings with Assad The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2023 Your Wish Is My Command by Deena Mohamed review – a spellbinding fantasy from Egypt The young author’s debut graphic novel brings magic to modern Cairo in an imaginative story of grief, faith and urban life
Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 19, 2022 Women Lack Basics in Lebanon's Crowded Prisons Nour is raising her four-month-old daughter in Lebanon's most overpopulated women's prison, struggling to get formula and nappies for her baby as the country's economy lies in tatters. "I don't have enough milk to breastfeed, and baby formula isn't readily available," said the 25-year-old, who was detained eight months ago…
Wales Online · Nov 29, 2022 First man with cystic fibrosis to climb Everest uses peak's snow to create unique engagement ring Intrepid Nicholas Talbot who scaled Everest on his third attempt said it felt 'amazing to be on top of the world'
The National (Scotland) · Sep 11, 2022 David Hayman masterfully rages against the dying of the light in Time’s Plague IF you’ve seen the first two instalments of Chris Dolan’s Bob Cunninghame trilogy – solo dramas written for the great Scottish actor David…
The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022 Lebanon LGBTQ community suffers setback amid wider clampdown Rights groups in Lebanon have blasted the authorities for cracking down on activists and marginalized communities