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Lauren Bohn

Lauren Bohn

Lauren Bohn is The GroundTruth Project’s former editor-at-large and Middle East correspondent, based in Istanbul. Previously, she was a columnist for Foreign Policy magazine and a Fulbright fellow in Egypt. She’s the co-founder of Foreign Policy Interrupted, a start-up incubator and fellowship program dedicated to changing the ratio and getting more women miked and bylined. She’s also the co-founder of SchoolCycle, a United Nations Foundation initiative to provide bikes to girls in Malawi so they can get to school more quickly and safely.
Rights

Turkey’s Kingdom of Men

This article was originally published by the Lenny Letter and Elle Magazine. Last week a faction of Turkey's...

Aug 13, 2016
Illustrations by Sally Nixon
War and Peace

Four women who fled Syria

Americans are often introduced to women in conflict through two media tropes – they're either shown as victims under siege...

Jun 27, 2016
Women from Bangladesh study the Greek language with the help of Melissa Network.
Rights

In Greece, migrant women push for acceptance

Up a flight of stairs in an old Athens mansion, Mabel Francisca Mosana, a 51-year-old South African migrant,...

Jun 27, 2016
Rights

Women are ‘the first victims’ of economic instability

COPENHAGEN, Denmark– If 32-year-old Brian Mutebi from Uganda had a motto, it would be: "Don't wait." As the...

May 27, 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
War and Peace

Five Years Later: Egypt’s Revolution Devours Its Children

CAIRO—It takes about 30 minutes to drive from the teeming Cairo neighborhood of Faisal to what locals call...

Jan 24, 2016
War and Peace

Seven women peacemakers who should be on your radar

ISTANBUL, Turkey — When it comes to women and conflict, the media often delivers two narratives. On one...

Nov 05, 2015
Rights

Lacking a supportive community, many LGBT people in Turkey live double lives

ISTANBUL, Turkey — A little before midnight on a blindingly blue, strobe-lit dance floor in Istanbul, a dark and...

Oct 30, 2015
War and Peace

What’s It Like to Be a Female Journalist in the Middle East?

This article was published in partnership with Cosmopolitan magazine. A version appears in GroundTruth's Field Guide for Correspondents....

Oct 30, 2015
Rights

Turkey’s Empire of Men

This article was published in partnership with Al Jazeera America. ANKARA, Turkey — On an ice-cold January morning in...

Oct 30, 2015
Rights

Silent History: A Turkish Narrative

The first-person narrative, as told to Lauren Bohn, was published in partnership with the New York Times magazine....

Oct 29, 2015
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