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Refugees and Migration

Customers eat at Salloura in Istanbul. (Photo by Joris van Gennip/GroundTruth)
Middle East

Chapter 4: Betrayal

Some of Salloura's signature sweets are visible through the shop window. (Photo by Joris van Gennip/GroundTruth)
Middle East

Chapter 3: Deadlines

By Dalia Mortada and Lauren Bohn It was a hot, humid June in Istanbul. A deadline hovered over...

May 01, 2016
Refugees and Migration

Recipe: 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, 2016
Middle East

Chapter 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, 2016
syrian refugee
War and Peace

Refugees 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, 2016
Salloura is a 150-year-old dessert institution that uprooted to Istanbul from the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo in 2014. (Photo by Joris van Gennip/GroundTruth)
Middle East

Chapter 1: Out of Syria

By Dalia Mortada and Lauren Bohn Tucked away in an alley in Istanbul’s Aksaray neighborhood, Şirket Alahdab is...

Mar 16, 2016
syrian food
Middle East

Syrian food is the connection to my family’s homeland

My parents are from Syria. My grandparents are from Syria. My Syrian heritage stretches back centuries. But I...

Mar 15, 2016
War and Peace

Faces of Syria’s Lost Generation

BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon – They are two faces of what many here fear is a “lost generation” of...

Mar 14, 2016
Middle East

‘Death waves us good morning through the windows’: Covering Syria five years on

Asma al-Assad’s right hand was soft and sweaty when I shook it five years ago. “It has been...

Mar 14, 2016
Middle East

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: How Did We Get Here?

By Charles M. Sennott and Kevin Douglas Grant It was five years ago this month that the war...

Mar 10, 2016
A New Light

Syrian Refugees of Jordan’s and Lebanon’s Camps

Jordan Ahamd Caher, 15, a Syrian refugee from Golan Heights, sits on a bed in his family’s caravan...

Feb 05, 2016
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