Halawet El Jibn (Sweet Cheese Rolls) Rolls of soft, sweet cheese dough get stuffed with clotted cream and...
May 01, 2016Recipe: Warbat bil ishta (Syrian sweet cream puffs)
A huge range of desserts from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Jordan use sweet cream, or ishta, whether...
May 01, 2016Chapter 4: Betrayal
By Dalia Mortada and Lauren Bohn “It is betrayal,” As’ad Salloura declared from behind his giant wooden desk...
May 01, 2016Chapter 3: Deadlines
By Dalia Mortada and Lauren Bohn It was a hot, humid June in Istanbul. A deadline hovered over...
May 01, 2016Live at Collision: New space race targets Mars, the Moon … and Earth
NEW ORLEANS — The day after Elon Musk’s private space exploration company announced plans for its first mission to...
Apr 29, 2016Hard Lessons: Afghan schools fear rising violence
Miriam, an 11-year-old from Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, believes she and her family are lucky to have escaped...
Apr 19, 2016Recipe: Shakriyyeh (Chicken with rice and yogurt)
Shakriyyeh is usually made with lamb shank, but many prefer a lighter version of the yogurt-based dish made...
Apr 05, 2016Chapter 2: Into the Promised Land
By Dalia Mortada and Lauren Bohn Rashed wandered aimlessly in the dark, autumn leaves and twigs crunching under...
Apr 05, 2016Refugees in Greece, a Warehouse of Souls
By Lauren Bohn and Tania Karas LESVOS, Greece – Through a barbed wire fence, 17-year-old Syrian refugee Asma...
Apr 05, 2016Survivors of Kenya’s Garissa Massacre Cope with Fear of Another Attack
John Omwango, who survived the Garissa University massacre in April 2015, transferred to Moi University, where he is...
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